Kingfisher and Infrared

First decent wildlife shots I've managed for what seems like ages. Spent the morning in the company of a female kingfisher.

I also took along the converted K-01 that I bought off Derek for its first outing

The Kingfisher shots were with the K-1 and the 150-450mm, while I had the DA 21mm on the K-01 with a 760nm filter.

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Alan


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Alan cracking set of images

I do like the infrared images how lucky where you to have the swan land into the photo
Pink

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My Fluidr

"To see in colour is a delight for the eye, But to see in black and white is a delight for the soul" ANDRI HERY

Great set Alan. What software did you use to PP the IR images?

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Barrie
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Fantastic set Alan. 👍

What a lovely set, the last image with The Swan is so beautiful

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Kind regards Maria

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Well that didn't take you long to get to grips with
Cracking set

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I know what i like, If not always why.

Lovely set, I think the 4th is my favourite

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C&C welcome.
Don.

Great work Alan. The IR shots stand up just as well as the KF.

Best regards

All fantastic shots, you certainly sem to have got to grips with IR quickly!

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Mike
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Thanks everyone. Think I might enjoy this IR malarky. It may not be too apparent, but in the swan picture there are two large cygnets at the far RH side. The adult swan was chasing them off.

Barrie, as to processing, I shoot in DNG. I used the DNG Profile editor to adjust the WB profile for the camera. Used that profile when importing into lightroom. Converted to B&W. Did a few basic tweaks to highlights and shadows. Then imported to Silver Effex where I used the Structure (harsh) preset. I use that more than any other for normal photography too. Then I put it back into lightroom for more tweaks.

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Alan


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Just superb Alan, I love all of the Kingfisher shots, but the IR of the Swan is pretty spectacular.

Regards
David

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Some cameras, some lenses, some bits 'n' bobs

Lovely, especially 3 and 6. Great stuff. K.

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Kris Lockyear
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Thanks Davis and Kris. Wrong time of the year to buy into IR. But its a good start

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Alan


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