Re: A couple of bird pics

2018-02-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
I’ll just wait for better weather and shoot some new ones. Maybe tomorrow. :-)

Paul

> On Feb 18, 2018, at 8:01 PM, John  wrote:
> 
> The noise only seems to show up on the OOF background. Don't know what you 
> can do about the Cardinal, but the little Woodpecker you might be able to 
> apply a Gaussian Blur to the green parts on either side of the tree and 
> effectively hide the noise.
> 
> IF the noise bothers you.
> 
>> On 2/18/2018 17:03, Paul Stenquist wrote:
>> I’m healing, although it’s still hard to move my left arm. But I
>> ventured out on the deck to try to shoot some birds. From the
>> distance I had to use the A2X-S converter with the DFA 150-450 to get
>> a focal length of 900 mm. Noisy given the cloud cover and loss of
>> stops with the converter, but I’m pleased that I was able to focus
>> manually.
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/17hy809o4hmkx2o/7813.jpg?dl=0
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/dlwjoa2ad3n74by/7846.jpg?dl=0
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Re: A couple of bird pics

2018-02-18 Thread John

On 2/18/2018 17:43, Larry Colen wrote:



So even with a broken arm you can still get better bird photos than most
of us. I wonder how well I can do with a broken ego.



Larry, I don't think we could break your ego with a sledge hammer.

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Re: A couple of bird pics

2018-02-18 Thread John
The noise only seems to show up on the OOF background. Don't know what 
you can do about the Cardinal, but the little Woodpecker you might be 
able to apply a Gaussian Blur to the green parts on either side of the 
tree and effectively hide the noise.


IF the noise bothers you.

On 2/18/2018 17:03, Paul Stenquist wrote:

I’m healing, although it’s still hard to move my left arm. But I
ventured out on the deck to try to shoot some birds. From the
distance I had to use the A2X-S converter with the DFA 150-450 to get
a focal length of 900 mm. Noisy given the cloud cover and loss of
stops with the converter, but I’m pleased that I was able to focus
manually.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/17hy809o4hmkx2o/7813.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dlwjoa2ad3n74by/7846.jpg?dl=0




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Re: A couple of bird pics

2018-02-18 Thread Larry Colen



Paul Stenquist wrote:

I’m healing, although it’s still hard to move my left arm. But I ventured out 
on the deck to try to shoot some birds. From the distance I had to use the 
A2X-S converter with the DFA 150-450 to get a focal length of 900 mm. Noisy 
given the cloud cover and loss of stops with the converter, but I’m pleased 
that I was able to focus manually.


So even with a broken arm you can still get better bird photos than most 
of us. I wonder how well I can do with a broken ego.




https://www.dropbox.com/s/17hy809o4hmkx2o/7813.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dlwjoa2ad3n74by/7846.jpg?dl=0


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Re: A couple of bird pics

2018-02-18 Thread Jack Davis
Good for you, Paul! Nice images!
Hope you get back to pain free
very soon!

J

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> On Feb 18, 2018, at 2:03 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
> 
> I’m healing, although it’s still hard to move my left arm. But I ventured out 
> on the deck to try to shoot some birds. From the distance I had to use the 
> A2X-S converter with the DFA 150-450 to get a focal length of 900 mm. Noisy 
> given the cloud cover and loss of stops with the converter, but I’m pleased 
> that I was able to focus manually. 
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/17hy809o4hmkx2o/7813.jpg?dl=0
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/dlwjoa2ad3n74by/7846.jpg?dl=0
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