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?

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.

Ta-Daaa!





http://dl.dropbox.com/u/81654024/GCG%20chicks%20WREN%20028.JPG



http://dl.dropbox.com/u/81654024/GCG%20chicks%20WREN%20028.JPG

R.

Is that it???

Sorry to be a pain, Mike......

I've downloaded Dropbox & the two files are on there.

I can't work out how to either copy them to here or to you/your e-mail.....????


R.

Mike, any advice for uploading bigger files, please?

roger.

Thanks, all.

WPC, the lens os was "on", the K7 sr was "off".

Alan, I've arranged a meet with brianfromwilts, who is local.

Mike, the wren image was, it turns out, a jpeg.
I must have changed to RAW halfway through the shoot.
The grebe image, below, is a non-processed jpeg from the raw file.




[IMG]http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af340/rogerhlane/GCGchicksWREN028.jpg[/IMG]





[IMG]http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af340/rogerhlane/GCGchicksWREN049raw.jpg[/IMG]


Please feel free to do with these as you will!

I'll be interested to see results/further comments.

Two from yesterday, my first serious attempts at RAW canversion.

First, A Great Crested Grebe, K7, 150-500, handheld, about 12 foot away.
Lens OS on, K7 SR off.
Iso 400, 1/400th. @ f7.1. F = 440mm.


[IMG]http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af340/rogerhlane/GCGchicksWREN049.jpg[/IMG]


And a wren, K7 & Sigma, monopod, about 40 foot away, quite a big crop.
Settings as above but 1/320th. @ f8.


[IMG]http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af340/rogerhlane/GCGchicksWREN028crop.jpg[/IMG]

Any C&C re improvement over straight jpegs previously posted or advice on conversion technique most welcome!


Roger.

No.1 is superb!
(Flash & all!)


Roger.

Tell me, do birds taken with flash have any reaction to the flash? Do they just ignore it, do you think they are unaware, or do they seem to think "what was that?" & carry on?

Interested to hear what your experience is in this regard.

Roger.

Thanks, Brian.
Glad you like it.

Roger.