A few recent

[Hawkman]

Hi,

Here are a few local recent, followed by a one more from my Palo Alto CA trip a month back that I have gotten to processing. Enjoy (I hope)! Gene

http://ck37.image.pbase.com/image/43346934/original.jpg


http://ck37.image.pbase.com/image/43346935/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/gaocus/image/43067002/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/gaocus/image/43067001/original.jpg

[windoze]

all are gorgeous! All sharp, and detailed.... So Gene how about some pointers?? Do you use a tripod or are these handheld? Do you spend a lot of time in "post"? Once Again - Gorgeous!


troy
[QUOTE=Hawkman]Hi,

Here are a few local recent, followed by a one more from my Palo Alto CA trip a month back that I have gotten to processing. Enjoy (I hope)! Gene

[wxwax]

:clap :bow Gene, these are superb

How do you train wild animals to pose against complementary-colored backgrounds? :lol3

[DavidTO]

Excellent!

[pathfinder]

:clap :bow Gene, these are superb

How do you train wild animals to pose against complementary-colored backgrounds? :lol3


I agree with Sid. These are truly excellent!! But how in the world, do you get the nice complementary colored backgrounds? The local birds are not nearly so cooperative for me :dunno

I was just about to post my bird shots from Yosemite and now I have to be a follow up act to this!!!

And no fair posting without identifying the birds your are shoting. Some of us ( me maybe??) do not always recognize the species of the bird and are still learning our way around. Great to see you posting here Hawkman, very impressive images.

:thumb

[USAIR]

Great shots :clap :clap :clap
All are just wonderful but #2 and 4 are just unbelievable :super

Thanks
Fred

[bfjr]

Most Excellent Set Gene :thumb

[Kirwin]

Hi Gene,

All your images are incredibly beautiful. The backgrounds make your images "pop".

[Harryb]

Outstanding Gene. Your pics are just about perfect. :clap

[Hawkman]

all are gorgeous! All sharp, and detailed.... So Gene how about some pointers?? Do you use a tripod or are these handheld? Do you spend a lot of time in "post"? Once Again - Gorgeous!


troy
[QUOTE=Hawkman]Hi,

Here are a few local recent, followed by a one more from my Palo Alto CA trip a month back that I have gotten to processing. Enjoy (I hope)! Gene
Thanks Troy,

I believe the first and third were on a tripod, the rest were hand-held. It's kind of hard for me to remember the 500/4L shots since I mix hand-held and tripod up with it. THe last was with the 400/5.6L, hand-held.

I usually, if the condition is right, focus on the eye and recompose, and adjust the DOF according to the background and available light and whether I am hand-held/tripod/monopod.

For web post processing, currently I make a pass through C1 LE where I adjust WB, levels, add about 3% overall saturation, and perform a "pre-sharpen" of "soft,50,0". I convert this to 16 bit TIFF for PS CS ingest, where I do any further work, which usually includes further levels, highlight/shading, sometimes dodging or burning, stairstep resizing, then a final USM shaprening.

Cheers,
Gene

[Andy]

congrats, gene, on a fine fine set :clap

[Hawkman]

:clap :bow Gene, these are superb

How do you train wild animals to pose against complementary-colored backgrounds? :lol3
LOL. I do have to move around to get a good background. Up to recent its been gray sky or dormant twigs, but it at least is green now, though still gray skys. This spring hasn't had many sunlit days around Chicagoland.

Gene

[Hawkman]

Sorry, I was remiss.
#1 Great Egret in breeding plumage
#2 female tree swallow
#3 another Great Egret (maybe the same one on a different day)
#4 Black-crowned Night Heron

Cheers,
Gene

I agree with Sid. These are truly excellent!! But how in the world, do you get the nice complementary colored backgrounds? The local birds are not nearly so cooperative for me :dunno

I was just about to post my bird shots from Yosemite and now I have to be a follow up act to this!!!

And no fair posting without identifying the birds your are shoting. Some of us ( me maybe??) do not always recognize the species of the bird and are still learning our way around. Great to see you posting here Hawkman, very impressive images.

:thumb

[Hawkman]

Thanks,
Gene

[MuskyDude]

One thing I keep thinking, looking at these is... "I'm not wortheeeeeeeee!!!!!" :bow :bow





And the other: :jawdrop


AJ

[jwear]

Outstanding Gene. Your pics are just about perfect. :clap yep Harry is right well most of the time and thanks for sharing your computer tips :thumb great pics

[Phil U.]

Ho-boy, these are NICE! :clap :clap