Turkey

[John Mack]

This image was created in Ithaca, New York on 3/22/20 at 8:31AM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Full frame.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Canon 500 f/4 IS USM
ISO 1600
f4.0
1/640sec

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi John, I like the framing and light on this one, but you are masking and loosing so much in the darks on this one. I'm also a bit unclear on the techs, why f/4????

I'm not saying the colour is right on the RP, but it does illustrate what you initially captured, but lost in PP. If you have the time, then I would resist the raw, there is so much you can retrieve.

FS
Ste ve

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi John those birds are looking cool .
Lovely warm light , just the subject is a bit dark . Double process can be your friend in cases like this .

TFS Andreas

[John Mack]

Hi John, I like the framing and light on this one, but you are masking and loosing so much in the darks on this one. I'm also a bit unclear on the techs, why f/4????

I'm not gonna lie im addicted to shooting things at f/4 now,I love f/4. Now i need a f2.8. The toms can be very dark. Here is a half assed attempt at a repost.

[Steve Kaluski]

Looks better John, but your call on aperture, don't create a straight jacket for yourself.

[dankearl]

I shoot wide open 99% of the time so f4 would be what I would use.
Stopping down in tele lens is usually worthless except it adds noise.
I am surprised the bokeh is not better at f4, my only critique.
The turkey looks good. Your repost is nice, the others too warm.