not sure.. probably well delete these photo's.... had a small breeze and was very chilly trying to get these shot's...between me shaking and the tree limbs blowing in the breeze , they...

Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.

probably well delete these photo's....
had a small breeze and was very chilly trying to get these shot's...between me shaking and the tree limbs blowing in the breeze , they came out better than I expected but , still not all that good.. heck with it I'm gonna leave 'em up

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BassmanBruce Loc: Middle of the Mitten

You might want to keep the third one for a trophy having nailed the focus in a challenging shot.

ronwande Loc: Hendersonville NC

The branches are distracting. The second has a clear shot of the female. It looks like there was some vertical camera motion though. Good try under adverse conditions.

Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.

BassmanBruce wrote:

You might want to keep the third one for a trophy having nailed the focus in a challenging shot.

thanks bassman

Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.

ronwande wrote:

The branches are distracting. The second has a clear shot of the female. It looks like there was some vertical camera motion though. Good try under adverse conditions.

yes the branches are very distracting but , every time I would try to get them to move to a better spot in the tree they would just fly off..... :) and if I moved from my spot then they were just plain gone

TucsonCoyote Loc: Tucson AZ

ronwande wrote:

The branches are distracting. The second has a clear shot of the female. It looks like there was some vertical camera motion though. Good try under adverse conditions.

Your Exif shows you shooting with a 300mm lens and only 1/100th-1/125th Sec speed ....this goes against a basic precept, but if you are using VR lenses and know different then carry on. :XD:

Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.

TucsonCoyote wrote:

Your Exif shows you shooting with a 300mm lens and only 1/100th-1/125th Sec speed ....this goes against a basic precept, but if you are using VR lenses and know different then carry on. :XD:

d7100 with a 55-200mm it was an auto setting I was using, just to see what it did

Bill_de Loc: US

The last one would be pretty nice if you are not averse to cloning out the twig in front of his face.

Shooting in adverse conditions is better practice than waiting for a perfect day. Keep it up.

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ronwande Loc: Hendersonville NC

Tom DePuy wrote:

yes the branches are very distracting but , every time I would try to get them to move to a better spot in the tree they would just fly off..... :) and if I moved from my spot then they were just plain gone

I've tried some bird shots and I understand. You've done better than I have. :-)

Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.

Bill_de wrote:

The last one would be pretty nice if you are not averse to cloning out the twig in front of his face.

Shooting in adverse conditions is better practice than waiting for a perfect day. Keep it up.

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yes it certainly would but I'm not to swift with post -processing, although it would be a good one to practice on ..If anyone wants to try it they are more than welcome to, just repost it in here..

Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.

ronwande wrote:

I've tried some bird shots and I understand. You've done better than I have. :-)

:)

fosgood11 Loc: oil city, La.

great Tom

Tom DePuy wrote:

probably well delete these photo's....
had a small breeze and was very chilly trying to get these shot's...between me shaking and the tree limbs blowing in the breeze , they came out better than I expected but , still not all that good.. heck with it I'm gonna leave 'em up

Bill_de Loc: US

Tom DePuy wrote:

probably well delete these photo's....
had a small breeze and was very chilly trying to get these shot's...between me shaking and the tree limbs blowing in the breeze , they came out better than I expected but , still not all that good.. heck with it I'm gonna leave 'em up

In PhotoShop I dragged the "Spot Healing Brush Tool" along the length of the twig. PS did the rest.

Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.

Bill_de wrote:

In PhotoShop I dragged the "Spot Healing Brush Tool" along the length of the twig. PS did the rest.

ok that looks good Bill....bring up question....how does PS know what's behind what you removed ?? or is it just luck of the draw??

Bill_de Loc: US

Tom DePuy wrote:

ok that looks good Bill....bring up question....how does PS know what's behind what you removed ?? or is it just luck of the draw??

It uses the surrounding pixels to guess. If you move the brush it selects from either side. It isn't perfect, but in this case I did no additional editing.

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