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POTW 545: 24/10/20 - 30/10/20

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  • 30-11-2020 4:26pm
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    Myksyk
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 3,550 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    THIS WEEK'S POTW GOES TO:

    pete4130
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    HONOURABLE MENTIONS


    NEW WAVE
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    chewed
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    Mike Litoris
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    fixXxer
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    CONGRATULATIONS pete4130. Any info on the winning shot would be welcome.
    WELL DONE HMs


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    Oletimer
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    Great shot of that bird in flight with the black background that makes its white stand out. Would be very interested in the technical information


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    NEW WAVE
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    Oletimer wrote: »
    Great shot of that bird in flight with the black background that makes its white stand out. Would be very interested in the technical information



    Thank you for the comments. I process the raw file in Lightroom cropping and normal adjustments. I then transfer to Affinity Photo where I do a selection of the bird then invert the selection which selects the background. I then select an adjustment layer exposure and turn the exposure fully down resulting in a black background. I then export the resultant photo.
    Actual camera settings are 1/1000 f6.3 ISO 800 500mm on a crop sensor Nikon D500 resulting in 750mm. I used a negative exposure compensation of -2/3 EV
    I did the same process for POTW 546: 31/10/20 - 06/11/20 for the Heron.
    I’m sure there's other ways of doing this but this is my way.


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    Oletimer
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    You are most welcome to the well deserved comment.

    And Thank You very, very much for all the supplementary technical info. So very helpful. I too have only just started using Lightroom 5.71 that I had lain dormant for so long, as I was using ON1. Not a patch on Lightroom, specially with the Presets. Is that 500mm lens a Nikkor one? I can only afford a Tamron 150mm-600mm f/6.3, which is only sharp at the F8 stop, as anything above my current Canon 70-200 f/2.8 is beyond my pocket.


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    NEW WAVE
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    I use the Nikon 200 - 500mm f5.6 lens 90% of the time hand held. Quiet a heavy lens.


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    Oletimer
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    Thanks for that. Not too bad a price at £1200 for a Nikon Nikkor lens. It was originally what dissuaded me from going down the Nikon path, their expensive Nikkor lenses.

    Yeah, my Tamron 150-600mm although I can use it hand-held, is also a heavy beast. Only use it on wildlife shoots in Kenya cradled on a beanbag. Otherwise, I usually add a 2x extender to the 70-200 f/2.8 and get 400 f/5.6.


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