Great Egret with a great background
Nov 9, 2021 22:28:32 #
Olympus E-M5 II, M.Zuiko Digital ED 75-300mm F4.8-6.7 II @ 281mm
Santa Ana River, Orange, California, USA
Santa Ana River, Orange, California, USA
Nov 9, 2021 23:45:13 #
Nov 9, 2021 23:55:18 #
Nice
When I hit the down load things get a little fuzzy, just a tad out of focus and I think the white on the egret is blown out, I can't seem to find where you were focusing. I used to do a lot of wild life photography and sold a few so when it comes to wild life maybe I'm too critical.
All in all it's a photo that most definitely deserves a place on your wall.
When I hit the down load things get a little fuzzy, just a tad out of focus and I think the white on the egret is blown out, I can't seem to find where you were focusing. I used to do a lot of wild life photography and sold a few so when it comes to wild life maybe I'm too critical.
All in all it's a photo that most definitely deserves a place on your wall.
Nov 10, 2021 20:59:19 #
This was handheld and manual focused, using Focus Peaking. The exif tells me the focus distance was 207' 7", and with focal length 281mm and F14 the calculator tells me the DoF should be 73'. The cores of the flowers in front of and behind the bird look about the same, so I think that confirms the DoF. The pupil is fairly defined and I can see ridges on the bill, so maybe we're just seeing the limits of this non-pro lens.
I forgot to mention this was about a 26% crop... that doesn't help. Sometimes I use Adobe's Super Resolution before cropping, which helps a lot, but this time I didn't.
As for the white... the histogram does tail off well before clipping. It was an overcast day, as we can see in the full pic where the plants are not casting shadows. There's *some* definition in the feathers, but not so much on the back. On days with direct sun I seem to get better definition. Still, it was over 200' away...
Thanks for the comments! I'm learning all the time. This lens is far better than the 40-150 I'd been using up until a couple months ago.
I forgot to mention this was about a 26% crop... that doesn't help. Sometimes I use Adobe's Super Resolution before cropping, which helps a lot, but this time I didn't.
As for the white... the histogram does tail off well before clipping. It was an overcast day, as we can see in the full pic where the plants are not casting shadows. There's *some* definition in the feathers, but not so much on the back. On days with direct sun I seem to get better definition. Still, it was over 200' away...
Thanks for the comments! I'm learning all the time. This lens is far better than the 40-150 I'd been using up until a couple months ago.
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