I think its some kind of red-beaked-faster-than-heck tern. Not really sure. I'm going to go out to where Wing was shooting this weekend to try and get some BCNH in the trees! I have the day off so off I go! Hehe... Have a good day Noelle.
Conrad Tan wrote:
I think its some kind of red-beaked-faster-than-heck tern. Not really sure. I'm going to go out to where Wing was shooting this weekend to try and get some BCNH in the trees! I have the day off so off I go! Hehe... Have a good day Noelle.
Couple of suggestions:
(1) Watch your exposure/processing....those birds need to be whiter.
(2) Since you are doing enlargement crops, the ISO noise shows. I am not sure you really needed hi ISO there......you were shooting at two stops higher than needed. However, those pictures you should scrub with the Neat Image or equivalent NR program.
PetKal wrote:
Excellent captures of the tern, Conrad.
Couple of suggestions:
(1) Watch your exposure/processing....those birds need to be whiter.
(2) Since you are doing enlargement crops, the ISO noise shows. I am not sure you really needed hi ISO there......you were shooting at two stops higher than needed. However, those pictures you should scrub with the Neat Image or equivalent NR program.
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Conrad, you said you shoot both jpg+raw. Do you use the raw or do you post your jpg straight out of the camera? It is always best to capture your shots correctly in the camera but for those you've already taken and want to save, (if you aren't already doing this) try opening the raw file in DPP (free ) and play around in there, specifically with exposure and NR, but other functions are useful too. Sounds like a pain if you have 200+ image to process everytime but you can save a recipe and apply it to all other files which is what I do and then quickly tweak each exposure if necessary. My RAW editing of a batch of 200 files takes about 20 minutes, then the computer processes them to JPGs in about 1 hour.
Well guys, went to do some PIF-ing today with the 400 f/5.6, but just could not get myself in a good vantage position wherever I turned. Fired some 40 shots dutifully, but no keepers.
Changed the lens to 200 f/2.8 prime, but that didn't help any.
As a consolation prize managed to snatch a few stationary pijun shots which I am happy with.
PetKal wrote:
Well guys, went to do some PIF-ing today with the 400 f/5.6, but just could not get myself in a good vantage position wherever I turned. Fired some 40 shots dutifully, but no keepers.
Changed the lens to 200 f/2.8 prime, but that didn't help any.
As a consolation prize managed to snatch a few stationary pijun shots which I am happy with.
PetKal wrote:
Well guys, went to do some PIF-ing today with the 400 f/5.6, but just could not get myself in a good vantage position wherever I turned. Fired some 40 shots dutifully, but no keepers.
Changed the lens to 200 f/2.8 prime, but that didn't help any.
As a consolation prize managed to snatch a few stationary pijun shots which I am happy with.
wing tong wrote:
+1
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Conrad, you said you shoot both jpg+raw. Do you use the raw or do you post your jpg straight out of the camera? It is always best to capture your shots correctly in the camera but for those you've already taken and want to save, (if you aren't already doing this) try opening the raw file in DPP (free ) and play around in there, specifically with exposure and NR, but other functions are useful too. Sounds like a pain if you have 200+ image to process everytime but you can save a recipe and apply it to all other files which is what I do and then quickly tweak each exposure if necessary. My RAW editing of a batch of 200 files takes about 20 minutes, then the computer processes them to JPGs in about 1 hour. ...Show more →
I tend to use the jpgs that are balanced enough and resize and post. The ones that are are improperly exposed in either direction I use raw to try to recover it.
PetKal wrote:
Excellent captures of the tern, Conrad.
Couple of suggestions:
(1) Watch your exposure/processing....those birds need to be whiter.
(2) Since you are doing enlargement crops, the ISO noise shows. I am not sure you really needed hi ISO there......you were shooting at two stops higher than needed. However, those pictures you should scrub with the Neat Image or equivalent NR program.
Thanks Peter, I'll try to keep them birds whiter! As far as the ISO noise, I am trying to find that balance between sharp photos through high shutter speed and annoying noise from increased ISO! I'll watch it though, I've been trying to use the lower ISO but sometimes I miss those opportunities when using low shutter speed.
Not really sure. I'm going to go out to where Wing was shooting this weekend to try and get some BCNH in the trees! I have the day off so off I go! Hehe... Have a good day Noelle. 
