p.1 #1 · Part 2 of Playing at home with birds in our garden....
So this is part 2 of Playing at home with birds in our garden....
I have shot a lot & have actually not gone through all the shots - much less uploaded them on my Zenfolio site. I've been down with a cold & yes I'm better, but these things take their time with me...
This time I'm posting a few adult male Lesser Goldfinches, as I seem to have very few adult females uploaded...... oh I should mention that Chad felt the other series was a tad too sharp. So I've started pp-ing them slightly less sharp just to see how you feel about it.
Usual equipment - D300 + 300mm AF-S Nikkor + Kenko 1.4x TC & some have a tad crop for framing.... shot through my blind in my kitchen door. Some with slight crop for framing...
Oh and... Can someone please confirm this id for me...
# 8 - American Goldfinch I believe. This is for ID only. This one is larger than the Lesser Goldfinches & needless to say the coloring is different....
p.1 #2 · Part 2 of Playing at home with birds in our garden....
A fine series Lil with the subjects well isolated and lovely BG. These don't look oversharpened to me, they look just right. Lovely colors on these birdies too. Top picks are #1 and 5 and the last one is a fine shot too but can't help you on the ID, am sure others will.
Martin
p.1 #6 · Part 2 of Playing at home with birds in our garden....
Great series Lil! Some of the best "photographs" come from our back yards. We have the time to compose them and think about them more so than in the wild. 4 is my favorite, 7 is better than 6 just for the eye as you mentioned. I like the background on these, well done. 5,6,7 may be a tad over sharpened but it is getting so close to just a matter of opinion. Very well done
Oh yes, when you visit you will get a gang to shoot with!!
Tim
lbuscher wrote:
I may have to open my Nikon trunk
Lou
Lou, that is priceless. We should all be so fortunate to have "trunks" of gear.
p.1 #8 · Part 2 of Playing at home with birds in our garden....
Lovely background, not too sharp, great colors of a bird I've never photographed. And I do believe the last one is an American Goldfinch in non-breeding plumage.
p.1 #9 · Part 2 of Playing at home with birds in our garden....
Lil, they look great...
About sharpness... I believe you misunderstood me when I was PMing you.. When you upload a HR image to Zenfolio, Zenfolio gives you options to choose from and link too that automatically size the image down.. when this process happens on Zenfolio's end.. the images tend to look over sharpened (depending on the image)... So that is why I tend to do all the sizing myself (in Photoshop) when posting on FM... Did that make any sense...
When I used Pbase.. if you didn't click "original" size and link from one of the Large or smaller sized images they looked horrible.
p.1 #12 · Part 2 of Playing at home with birds in our garden....
These are all great, Lil - I'm amazed at how much more color the males keep through the winter out in CA. They all turn a limpid, uninspiring mustrdy color in the heartland.
Great exposures, plenty of detai, nice bokeh - work to be proud of -
p.1 #16 · Part 2 of Playing at home with birds in our garden....
Martin Good wrote:
A fine series Lil with the subjects well isolated and lovely BG. These don't look oversharpened to me, they look just right. Lovely colors on these birdies too. Top picks are #1 and 5 and the last one is a fine shot too but can't help you on the ID, am sure others will.
Martin
Thank you Martin,
glad you like them & especially # 5 - I just have a thing for that shot.
p.1 #20 · Part 2 of Playing at home with birds in our garden....
lbuscher wrote:
Good series Lil and I like what that D300 is doing these days. I may have to open my Nikon trunk
Lou
Lou, I have to tell you I love my D300. The D200 just irritate me these days & I feel it's days are numbered with me. I'm debating picking up a D700 just to have one FX camera. Price is down right now.....
Bring out those Nikon lenses. I just bought a 180mm f/2.8 AF-S I believe & I can't wait to get it.
Those are some awesome bgs you got there! 