..........and perhaps a little noise reduction in the background

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John

Hi Stuart,

From the filter tab in PS, scroll down to Sharpen>Smart Sharpen, from the pop-up screen that appears:

Amount: 200%
Radius: 0.5 Pixels
Remove: Lens blur

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John

I'd be pretty pleased with those too if they were first shots from an unfamiliar lens, nicely done. TBH I still use CS3 because it loads faster than CS5 (32 bit anyway) and only use the RAW cnverter, a little smart sharpen 200-300% @ 0.5 and maybe noise reduction if needed with Topaz Denoise. Other than cropping, levels tweak and saving different formats PSD, jpeg etc thats about it for me. If you've not already done so I might try a little smart sharpen to bring out the fur/feather detail a little.

John

Me too, it can get quite scary at times Now I fancy a DA 17-70 but I have no idea why or money to spare

John

I use both the DA-15/4 and the Sigma 10-20/4-5.6, there really isn't much in it, if anything I get less distortion with the Sigma but the IQ is roughly the same

John

Beautiful capture

John

I used lens tissues for years never had any problems, the best thing is you start with a nice fresh one every time, microfibre cloths become soiled over time, although most are washable AFAIK.

John

Wow the K-5 83% and the C***n 7D only gets 84% that's some acheivement

John

Surely some mistake, Pentax outscores Canikon, be afraid.....be very afraid

Well that's the switch to Nikon out the window for me at least

John

Thanks Dave, agreed about the top left, it was a very overcast day with no detail in the sky to speak of. Maybe I could layer something in or burn it in a little. Like I say not really my style this, I just thought I would experinment a little.

John