More Purple Martins, a Mockingbird and a Bee

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p.1 #1 · More Purple Martins, a Mockingbird and a Bee

More shots from the Community Gardens. Light was low and cropping was high, so ISO was a challenge.

Greg

OM-1MarkII OM 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 II lens 400mm f/6.3 1/3200s 12800 ISO +0.7 EV

OM-1MarkII OM 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 II lens 400mm f/6.3 1/3200s 12800 ISO -0.3 EV

OM-1MarkII OM 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 II lens 400mm f/6.3 1/4000s 12800 ISO 0.0 EV

OM-1MarkII OM 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 II lens 321mm f/6.3 1/3200s 5000 ISO +0.3 EV

OM-1MarkII OM 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 II lens 321mm f/6.3 1/3200s 12800 ISO 0.0 EV

OM-1MarkII OM 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 II lens 400mm f/6.3 1/3200s 12800 ISO +0.3 EV

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Apr 30, 2026 at 05:10 PM

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p.1 #2 · More Purple Martins, a Mockingbird and a Bee

1, 5 and 6 are my picks. You might want to do a noise reduction for the backgrounds only on the high ISO images.

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Apr 30, 2026 at 05:18 PM

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p.1 #3 · More Purple Martins, a Mockingbird and a Bee

morris wrote:
1, 5 and 6 are my picks. You might want to do a noise reduction for the backgrounds only on the high ISO images.

Morris

Thanks Morris -- and thanks for the suggestion.

Greg

Apr 30, 2026 at 11:27 PM

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p.1 #4 · More Purple Martins, a Mockingbird and a Bee

#3 what is this bird? Looks like a Starling?

Nice IF work buddy, these should clean up nicely as your exposures look very good

Karl

May 01, 2026 at 09:16 AM

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p.1 #5 · More Purple Martins, a Mockingbird and a Bee

Thanks Karl -- and spot on with the ID. A Starling it is!

Greg

May 01, 2026 at 11:38 AM


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