Thread: Post your birdlife shots

Originally Posted by Bytemrk

I've been out at Healesville today, using the "Spirits of the Sky" exhibition as a place to practise some birds in flight technique.

I'm not going to public admit to my hit and miss ratio... but some pointers from any of you with BIF skills would be appreciated... I certainly need lots of practise..

While this first one is obviously not in flight... I do like him, and the second I thought was kind of cool... Barking Owl.






WedgeTail Take Off

You are doing OK.
Great photos

The Launch of Major Mitchell



Low flying Wedgetail



Incoming Cocky

Originally Posted by Chucaro

Excellent work mate, you concentrated in having a sharp eyes and bik.
I know that converting the original images to jpg and then reduce the size for the internet it is tricky and a lot of info it is lost.
If you allow me to made just an observation it will be on the first image which IMHO it is just a touch to sharp'.
I do not know which kind of PP software you have but if it will allow it I would do a selective sharpening making sure that eyes, big and claws are just a tad sharper than the body.
I love the BIF images nice action and posture on them.

Thanks Chucaro....

Always welcome advice from others, using Lightroom and I think you are right, maybe a little too much clarity. It seems to appear slightly different once on the internet which is tricky

Mark how do you upload to flikr? I opened your barking owl in flikr and it seems like its been subject to a fair bit of compression. As soon as I try to zoom in on the picture it pixilates quite a lot.

Do you only upload small images to flikr?

Originally Posted by dullbird

Mark how do you upload to flikr? I opened your barking owl in flikr and it seems like its been subject to a fair bit of compression. As soon as I try to zoom in on the picture it pixilates quite a lot.

Do you only upload small images to flikr?

Interesting... I can put it full screen on a 27in Monitor!

At that size there is a bit of noise visible - the shot was cropped and originally shot at ISO1250..but it isn't pixelated.

File uploaded is 2048 x 2048 240dpi 2.48MB which should be tonnes for screen viewing.

Do you get the same pixelation on other shots I have up there?

It could be my phone

Edit: it is my phone because its not doing it now when i look at it

didnt know these were as fast as what they are...

had one hell of a time getting anything of value as i working on the van and this thing ran across the yard in front of me so i scrambled to get the camera and a couple of pics









not the best pics but another one to add to the list that haunt my little part of the world..

one two three

red rover!



onetwothree by Dave Blears, on Flickr