Post by popcorn on Dec 26, 2020 10:45:04 GMT
I am a birder, enthusiastic but not very good!!
I am 80 years old and my memory lets me down, so I need time, and Birding Apps, to identify most birds.
The attached image was taken on a recent trip to Maleleke, a remote area of the Kruger National Park, at the junction of the borders of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
The final result is not great, but it helped me identify the bird as an Arnot's chat ( I hope!!! ).
I am constantly amazed at the capability of modern camera equipment and the power of Elements..
This was taken with my Nikon D500 using my 200-500mm lens at full extension, hand held, 1/2000th f=6,3 ISO 800.
For birding while walking in the bush, a tripod is of little use, so to help with supporting the heavy camera lens combination I use a "rifle stock", which I have developed and fabricated myself.
I cropped the image to 1% of original size and processed in Elements 2018 ACR. Not great, but recognizable.
I took the images in Raw but the imgbb.com will not accept NEF files, so they have been converted to jpeg and reduced in file size.
The first image is the original slightly cropped to get the A4 ratio I use.
size mAE The first image is the original <br><br><br>
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I am 80 years old and my memory lets me down, so I need time, and Birding Apps, to identify most birds.
The attached image was taken on a recent trip to Maleleke, a remote area of the Kruger National Park, at the junction of the borders of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
The final result is not great, but it helped me identify the bird as an Arnot's chat ( I hope!!! ).
I am constantly amazed at the capability of modern camera equipment and the power of Elements..
This was taken with my Nikon D500 using my 200-500mm lens at full extension, hand held, 1/2000th f=6,3 ISO 800.
For birding while walking in the bush, a tripod is of little use, so to help with supporting the heavy camera lens combination I use a "rifle stock", which I have developed and fabricated myself.
I cropped the image to 1% of original size and processed in Elements 2018 ACR. Not great, but recognizable.
I took the images in Raw but the imgbb.com will not accept NEF files, so they have been converted to jpeg and reduced in file size.
The first image is the original slightly cropped to get the A4 ratio I use.
size mAE The first image is the original <br><br><br>
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