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Wildlife Moderator
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Post a Thank You. - 1 Thanks
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Macro and Flora Moderator
Looks good to me Steve, composition spot on, colours (including reds!) equally so, I appreciate you have maximised the dynamic range of your camera, lights and darks pretty much controlled. I notice you are not afraid to show one eye is brighter than the other, in my book that is a good thing
(We always hide the head - who's we? I am not aware of this phenomenon!)
(I still cannot understand why, but the image quality is noticeably better when downloaded to PSCC, eyesight checked and new specs, vision excedes 20/20).
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BPN Member
Dynamic image and nice angle to view... I personally would run more NR on the BG.
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Wildlife Moderator
Hi Jon, it’s the ‘Royal we’, , you know where I’m coming from, but need to get some other species posted before another SH. Yep, IQ when uploaded does drop and doesn’t really portray things perfectly, even at 1920, and I’m certainly not opening up the Pandora’s box on monitors. This is why, I have always said, my comments are always based on viewing the file in PS in a controlled environment and also when making the suggestions I know they work because they are applied to the image, then discarded.
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Super Moderator
love this one Steve, gotta say your best frame in a while, the view of the prey is just priceless. IQ looks great here and makes absolutely no difference if viewed in PS or in browser unless something is totally messed up in the browser.
pretty much perfect
TFS
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Love that autumn background, and the dilated pupils immediately draw our attention. Techs all look good. I like this full body view the best of all the images you've posted.
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BPN Member
Master work.
congratulations
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Wildlife Moderator
Thanks folks.
WOW Arash, that's a comment or two, almost the equivalent of a 'Paul Hollywood' hand shake, don't worry is a UK thing, but held in high esteem.
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BPN Member
Hi Steve ... this frame does play in a different league compared to the previous postings , no wonder with that nice BG .
Lovely autumn colors !!!
Just an image to enjoy on all counts .
TFS Andreas
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Wildlife Moderator
Thanks Andreas, as I say, if we had the light Arash has, this would just push it up another few notches. Seems backdrop colours can play a part in noise, but also have pushed a little more, seems better, but…
R5/6 will in part, become R3s, sadly not the MK3, but it will have some more bells & whistles.
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BPN Member
That's a beauty Steve....I like this one the best....The Autumn colours and DOF look real good...Brilliant pose on the Hawk, and the feather detail on both birds looks perfect...Nae nits here....
Well done and TFS
Will
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DATPCA. If it were mine, I'd lighten the shadowed side of the face a bit, and remove the large round specular highlight just in front of the bird's breast. What is the prey? Rock Dove (aka Rock Pigeon)?
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Wildlife Moderator
What is the prey? Rock Dove (aka Rock Pigeon)?
Thanks Artie, yes it is, a bit stupid and they often fly into oncoming traffic, so road kill on country lanes is easy pickings and proves a good source of supply.
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Story Sequences Moderator and Wildlife Moderator
Dear Steve,
You already know how much I like this. Superb pose from the Hawk and 'killer stare'...Great positioning of subject as well as dove, within the frame.
Well exposed and great techs, love the colours. Nice DoF, background is truly stunning.
If the Z9 delivers frames of this quality at ISO 6400 I am buying it
Thank you so much for sharing, such a pleasure to view,
Warmest regards,
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Wildlife Moderator
Thank you Gabriela much appreciated, well you know what is leaking in the wings, but yes, very happy with this and you know some of the thinking in terms of the prey position and avoiding some of the gratuitous parts.
Z9, well Nikon has a long way to go and also to begin to claw back the market, we will see??? You can’t base it on just reviews, you need to get your paws on one, which hopefully will not be too long. I wish you well and if Peter gets his, then happy to share his thoughts.
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