You lucky bugger Kev!Week 46. Bohemian Waxwing in Suffolk today. I have waited many a year to get some good shots of these fairly rare UK visitors, and today was the day. We may well see more over this winter, as there has been a catastrophic berry crop in Scandanavia, their preferred wintering grounds. Unusually it's just one bird at this spot, but what a bird
Beautiful bird and a great shot too!
Nice composition Tim. Cheers for the comment above.
Thanks Kev. It's barely been above freezing since the weekend so the snow is holding on for now. Looks like it will be gone for the weekend though so need to make the most of it!
Same here, though we've escaped the snow, and actually it's been 3 or 4 degrees during the day, so not too bad. Absolutely no wind either, a real rare occurrence in Norfolk!Thanks Kev. It's barely been above freezing since the weekend so the snow is holding on for now. Looks like it will be gone for the weekend though so need to make the most of it!
This is a beautiful image Kev, but I have a question. Did you apply any type of noise removal to this image? After you answer, I'll explain why I asked.Week 46. Bohemian Waxwing in Suffolk today. I have waited many a year to get some good shots of these fairly rare UK visitors, and today was the day. We may well see more over this winter, as there has been a catastrophic berry crop in Scandanavia, their preferred wintering grounds. Unusually it's just one bird at this spot, but what a bird
Cheers Jeff. Yes. I use a minimal amount of Topaz noise reduction, and very little sharpen. I gauge it depending on how I see it on processing, as over use of denoise smooths out detail. I rarely have to use it if ISO is below 500 though.
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Thanks for the info, Kev. The reason I asked is I had previously downloaded some images that Mark Galer had shot in conjunction with his review of the new a7RV which also has a 61 mp sensor like the a7RIV. The images were in Raw format but could not be processed until Lightroom revised their program to be compatible with the a7RV. That revision to Lightroom came yesterday and I processed the previously downloaded Raw images from Mark. I was surprised to see some noise when zooming in on these images. Topaz took care of it but I was wondering if this is a normal thing for photographers that shoot with a very high MP sensor. I wanted your input on this question because your photos are always stunning.
Thanks Jeff. Ever since I trialled Topaz I have considered it an essential part of my processing and have long advocated that anyone shooting with these high resolution sensors should consider it as such, because even with close to perfect exposure (also a very essential part of shooting with these sensors) they show every slight inaccuracy in technique and exposure. One thing that is a bonus with them though, is the tremendous dynamic range, and malleable RAW images, which make it easier to adjust, but doing so does create more noise, or accentuates it, as you are stretching pixels essentially. This is why I err on the side of over exposure, as it's far easier to control. Either way though, Topaz is a necessity in that instance.
Simply beautiful.
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Stunning shot Roger!
Petaluma never looked so good. Well done!
Can I be just slightly critical on this shot and this is only a personal view and that is all.
