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Recent content by luxBorealis–TerryMcDonald

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    DxO PureRAW 5 Review: Worth the Upgrade?

    The advantage of 5 is the addition of layers to allow you to work two or more areas differently; e.g. keep the background soft while the subject is sharpened—something that v4 seemed to so very well with ORFs. Other than Layers, I did not see a difference between v4 and v5 when using...
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    DxO PureRAW 5 Review: Worth the Upgrade?

    I’ve just spent the day running some tests of DxO PureRAW 4 vs PureRAW 5 using ORFs. Interesting results. You can read the full blog article here along with the full-sized images which are too large to post here. Note: I am providing the link so you can read the details and see the photos...
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    Gyps question

    In the attached photo, I’m pretty sure three of the four birds are African white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus), but is the fourth bird (top, the ‘intruder’) an AWBV or is it a Rüppel’s griffon vulture (Gyps rueppelli)? The reason I ask is that it’s colouring is darker overall. Or is it simply...
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    New 100 - 400 OM lens

    Agreed! I’ve just posted an article detailing my look into five different demosaic, denoise and sharpening apps: Lr Enhanced NR, DxO Pure Raw, ON1 No Noise, OM Workspace, and Topaz PhotoAI. Rather than pixel-peeping, I examined the photos using common use scenarios: for the web, for 4K TV and...
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    New 100 - 400 OM lens

    The 100-400 has served me well over the last 2 years. Much sharper at 400 then I would ever have thought from reading forum posts. Feather (and fur) detail is excellent for all uses, including large prints; e.g. the Grey-headed Catbird (attached, 1500px down-sized from 3152×4203px) was shot at...
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    New 100 - 400 OM lens

    Turn off the lens IS (and leave camera IBIS on) and you will have greater success.
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    New to photography,camera thoughts please.

    Your M43 camera is a great start. I use Olympus and have been thrilled with the experience. I’m suing the M.Zuiko 100-400, but one lens to consider that does not usually get much mention is the less expensive M.Zuiko 75-300. In fact, you can likely find a used one (but take some shots with it...
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    1st Birding Camera

    Something to consider: an M43 system, specifically, the OM-1 w/ M.Zuiko 100-400mm lens—which is the full-frame equivalent of 200-800mm. I recently wrote an article about my journey from full frame to M43; it’s published on the Luminous-Landscape.com (paywalled but only $12/year) or you can read...
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    The Sweet Spot in Photography: M43

    Just published an article on the Luminous-Landscape.com about my journey from FF to Olympus OM-1. I’m a landscape, nature and travel photographer who has been re-invigorated into bird photography with the change in system. While the LuLa website is paywalled, you can read the full article on my...
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    OM-1 vs Canon R7 both w/100-400

    I’ve also made the switch from FF (Nikon) to OM-1 w/ M.Zuiko 100-400. The lens is actually much sharper than people give it credit for. You can see example images on my blog in the article about Finding the Sweet Spot in Photography (also on the Luminous-Landscape.com but it’s paywalled). I’ve...
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    Hello from Canada

    Just joined after a bit of forum reading—wow! What an engaged group! I’m relatively new to bird photography and am here to learn and share. Here’s a recent photo from Tanzania—an exotic little bird, many of you will recognize, delightfully named the Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus...
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