You first bird shots eh ? That 3rd one is hairier than any bird i've ever seen
Only kidding ya!
1st and 3rd shots look sharp enough at their downsized size. Did they look that sharp at their full original size ?
2nd shoot looks a little soft
I would up the exposure in post processing a bit on all three, plus a bit of saturation
There's no Exif data with your pix, so we dont know any of your settings.
When i used to own the 150-500 Sig OS model, sharpest pix were at f8
Hey Musoman,
They look pretty much the same as RAW files in lightroom as the exported versions. I had to add quite a bit of fill light (40) and noise reduction (58/50). I wonder if what I did in lightroom softened the photos up a little. I'll post them how they are pre-post processing except I'll crop them still.
Before I uploaded the files my exif data was intact. Strange.... Here's what I was shooting at:
File
Comment
Camera
Make Canon
Model Canon EOS 40D
X resolution 240/1
Y resolution 240/1
Resolution unit inches
Software Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Date/time 1/10/2012 11:12:39 AM
Image
Image description
Artist
Copyright
Exposure time 1/1000 s
F-number f/8
Exposure program Manual
ISO speed ratings ISO 800
Date/time original 1/9/2012 11:51:55 AM
Date/time digitized 1/9/2012 11:51:55 AM
Shutter speed value 1/1000 s
Aperture value f/8
Exposure bias value 0.00 eV
Max. aperture value f/6.2
Metering mode Pattern
Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Focal length 450 mm
User comment
Subsec time 0
Subsec time original 1
Subsec time digitized 1
Pixel X dimension 800
Pixel Y dimension 533
Focal plane X res. 3888000/876
Focal plane Y res. 2592000/583
Focal plane res. unit inch
Custom Rendered Normal process
Exposure mode Manual exposure
White balance Auto white balance
Scene capture type Standard