RAW Conversion with 150-500.

And the Grebe?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/81654024/GCG%20chicks%20WREN%20049%20%20raw.jpg


Quick... Do something before it changes its mind!

Thanks for your patience.

R.

Ok, quick bit of processing .. wren is quite a heavy crop and I dont think mine is much different to yours, the Grebe has just gone through my normal processing with some added sharpening.

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/Sockpuppetuk/GCGchicksgrebe049rawcopy.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/Sockpuppetuk/GCGchicksWREN2028copy.jpg[/IMG]

Thanks for your work, Mike.

Are your's & mine (the grebe) getting so close now.........?

My final ofer:


[IMG]http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af340/rogerhlane/GCGchicksWREN049supersharp_filtered.jpg[/IMG]

A tad more sharpening, then NeatImage.



Based on all the above, do you think the IQ of the lens is up to par/acceptable?

Looking at the original of the grebe it looks OK.... just
needs a bit of sharpening.

I wouldn't think there was anything wrong with the lens.

Looking better Roger. Those whites on the head are recoverable though.

there are tutorials on RAW processing if you google them here is one as an example

link

Processing raws is such an ease with Lightroom 4. It is not hard to bring back or front focused shots to life.
Personally i just apply a little sharp(tweaking with masking and detail options too), a little NR, move the purple and aqua sliders till the chromatic aberrations dissapear. Levels, colors and exposure i tweak after in photoshop.
Sharpening in LR is very sweet!