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    One more and if you saw the full image I posted on the other thread, you know this is a huge crop, maybe 15% of the original.
    A relatively low iso of 1600 and a very slow SS, but i thought the crop holds up.

    1/200, F5.6 iso 1600, 600mm (300 w/ 2x), Handheld, D800

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    Love the handsome pose given by the owl, nice detials exposure and sharpness. The IQ looks good despite handheld with low SS, very good job. I maybe crop a just a little off the top.

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    I like the lighting, pose, perch, setting and composition. Excellent series Dan.

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    Well Dan I don't know how you do it. Looks great. I have been trying to get good photos from a D800 this week and everything that is not 100% in focus, including parts of birds and perches have so much noise even if the ISO is low. I think you said on previous shots of this owl that you used noise reduction on the background only, did you do any on the bird?

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    Looks great! I don't know how it will hold as a print but for web it looks fine IMHO.

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    Laurie, if you are not getting nice photos with the D800, something is wrong with the camera or your settings?
    PM me, if you want to, maybe I can help with the settings.
    Here is out of camera full frame, nothing done at all iso6400 photo (not the one I posted but a similar photo).
    You can see how big a crop the one I posted is.
    This is better than iso 800 on a D7000.

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    Dan,

    This series of images has been truly remarkable

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    Another wonderful shot Dan. I really like the pose and your really putting that 800 to great use.
    Well done.

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    Hi Dan, love the attentive stare, and the IQ has held up very well. Good detail and colour on the owl, and I like the moss covered perch. Great BG too. If anything I would move the owl up in the frame a touch.

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    Amazing capacity to crop with the Nikon. Nice a sharp and I do like the moss on the branch. TFS

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    superb image

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    Another great one in this series, Dan. Love the warm complementary colors and all the textures. I like the comp as is.

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    Great! I'd put it on the wall. Amazing how well the crop held up. The D800 (and photographer of course) is doing some amazing things.

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    Nicely captured and expertly processed Dan. You're doing really well with the D800, a 300mm, and a 2x!
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