Tdgraves big year 2019

[Tdgraves]

Thanks @Dave Williams i didn’t know about the app, but not sure how i’d put p it use....

 

battery grip for the 7d was another not very successful Christmas present. I found my hit rate reduced and so it hasn’t been used since....being female, size is not important to me 

[TonyQ]

@Tdgraves

Just catching up! You have some beautiful birds and beautiful photos from Sri Lanka - I have really enjoyed seeing them (and comparing the birds to what we have just seen in India). Your boat trip looks wonderful - and you are right the light is excellent - and well used by you.

Cormorants of different size is an intersting picture - we found it very difficult to distinguish Little Cormorant and Indian Cormorant!

The Nuthatch is a lovely bird.

Look forward to further postings.

[Tdgraves]

Thanks @TonyQ @Peter Connan and Dave

[Tdgraves]

Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, 24/1/19

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 250, f 7.1, 1/500

 

 

98) Black-headed (tricoloured) munia

 

from now on using Flickr - can you notice a difference? 

Edited April 7, 2019 by Tdgraves
typo

[Dave Williams]

2 minutes ago, Tdgraves said:

from now on using Flickr - can you notice a difference? 

 

In a word....No! 

However, that's just on the one shot, time and further postings will tell.

[Tdgraves]

Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, 24/1/19

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 500, f 7.1, 1/1250

 

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 500, f 7.1, 1/640

 

 

99) Yellow-wattled lapwing

[Tdgraves]

Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, 24/1/19

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 500, f 7.1, 1/1000, EV + 1 1/3

 

 

100) Crested hawk eagle

Edited April 7, 2019 by Tdgraves
typo

[Tdgraves]

and some duplicates...

 

 

 

 

 

[Tdgraves]

Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, 25/1/19

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 800, f 7.1, 1/640

 

 

101) Asian openbill

[Tdgraves]

Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, 25/1/19

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 800, f 7.1, 1/1000

 

 

102) Baya weaver

[Tdgraves]

Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, 25/1/19

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 400, f 7.1, 1/1250

 

 

103) Green bee-eater

[Tdgraves]

Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, 25/1/19

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 200, f 7.1, 1/1000

 

 

104) Black-tailed godwit

[Tdgraves]

Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, 25/1/19

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 200, f 7.1, 1/1000 EV -1

 

 

105) Kentish plover

[Tdgraves]

Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, 25/1/19

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 125, f 7.1, 1/1000 EV -1/3

 

 

106) Black-winged stilt

[Tdgraves]

Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, 25/1/19

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 800, f 7.1, 1/1250

 

 

107) Purple heron

[Tdgraves]

Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, 24/1/19

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 500, f 7.1, 1/1250, EV -1/3

 

 

108) Lesser whistling duck

[Tdgraves]

and some more duplicates

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dave Williams]

The Peafowl are stunning shots. They are difficult to frame too!

All the shots look fine although do I detect more sharpening than you have applied in the past?

[TonyQ]

Well done on reaching 100 - great stuff

[Tdgraves]

1 minute ago, Dave Williams said:

The Peafowl are stunning shots. They are difficult to frame too!

All the shots look fine although do I detect more sharpening than you have applied in the past?

 

Thanks @Dave Williams we try not to process too much, although we have changed to using unsharp mask instead of sharpness in DPP, perhaps it does more? I also think that uploading to ST in the past was doing something to the IQ, so maybe that is it...

[Dave Williams]

Be careful not to overdo it though. I have recently started using DPP for virtually all my processing. Just occasionally send a TIF file over to my Photoshop CS6 ( which won't open Canon RAWs from the two bodies I own) if I want to do more than the basics. I only very recently discovered you can copy and paste all your adjustments in one image to all the others in the same sequence, just like Lightroom. Saves a lot of time!

[michael-ibk]

Beautiful birds, that Brown-Bellied Flycatcher is really cute and the Velvet-Fronted Nuthatch a seriously cool looking dude. And those Painted Storks are just gorgeous, fantastic photo. The repeat shot does look a bit naughty, like she´s lifting her skirt. ;-)

[Galana]

2 hours ago, michael-ibk said:

The repeat shot does look a bit naughty, like she´s lifting her skirt. ;-)

A Sri Lankan Can Can?

 

Congrats on the magic ton up!

Edited April 7, 2019 by Galana
Additonal text.

[Galana]

@Tdgraves

Are you aware that your Flicker shots are revealing your private e address?

You may not care for that.

[Peter Connan]

Congratulations on the 100! Sorry I missed it...