Your R System Images - June 2023

[PKM-UK]

Impressive set of dams and works. I love the colors and the wide open feeling your images give. We don't get that often here in New England.

Hi Hali,

Very pleased to hear you enjoy our images - this area has a satisfying blend of impressive engineering and natural beauty.

P&K

 

[Bert-63]

Hello all! First Post Hooray! So glad I found this place..

I took a minute of our rare, early spring daylight to venture out and test a couple of new lenses that I picked up over the winter. I live in the Pacific Northwest here in the US and good light is very hard to come by so during the winter we buy stuff.. lol.. I picked up the 600 & 800 f/11s on sale here locally to go along with my 100-500L and EF 100-400L II...

Here is what I was able to get - my first Pelagic Cormorant and a Sea Scoter having lunch. Considering the distance and the on-again, off-again light I'm happy with my new gear..

Feedback up to and including harsh criticism is very welcome.

 

[PKM-UK]

My newest project/obsession. Frozen flowers. View attachment 16753

Hi Hali,

Your efforts are being richly rewarded. A fascinating image which causes the viewer to pause and look closer. Very nice.

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Hello all! First Post Hooray! So glad I found this place..

I took a minute of our rare, early spring daylight to venture out and test a couple of new lenses that I picked up over the winter. I live in the Pacific Northwest here in the US and good light is very hard to come by so during the winter we buy stuff.. lol.. I picked up the 600 & 800 f/11s on sale here locally to go along with my 100-500L and EF 100-400L II...

Here is what I was able to get - my first Pelagic Cormorant and a Sea Scoter having lunch. Considering the distance and the on-again, off-again light I'm happy with my new gear..

Feedback up to and including harsh criticism is very welcome.

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Hi Bob,

Welcome to the RF-Shooters forum and the 'Your System Images' thread! Fantastic captures of wonderful creatures - both nailed on, but the first just shading it for us (like the pose and scintillating colours!).

Thank you for sharing, looking forward to seeing more of your work...

P&K

 

[Hali]

Hi Hali,

Your efforts are being richly rewarded. A fascinating image which causes the viewer to pause and look closer. Very nice.

P&K

Thank you for the kind comment Phil and Karen, I appreciate it. This is a new endevour so there may be a lot of iterations coming. Any cc would be welcome.

 

[Hali]

Hello all! First Post Hooray! So glad I found this place..

I took a minute of our rare, early spring daylight to venture out and test a couple of new lenses that I picked up over the winter. I live in the Pacific Northwest here in the US and good light is very hard to come by so during the winter we buy stuff.. lol.. I picked up the 600 & 800 f/11s on sale here locally to go along with my 100-500L and EF 100-400L II...

Here is what I was able to get - my first Pelagic Cormorant and a Sea Scoter having lunch. Considering the distance and the on-again, off-again light I'm happy with my new gear..

Feedback up to and including harsh criticism is very welcome.

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Beautiful images and Welcome! That cormorant has to be the most beautiful cormorant I've seen, but I'm used to East Coast ones! Great shot of the surf scoter, they are so fun to watch.

 

[dgphoto8]

A couple of early morning photos with my new R7, which we (ok, I, but my wife consented and actually encouraged me ) got to use with primarily with the RF100-400. I only got to shoot a few photos the morning after receiving it before I went to work and it has been pouring rain since. My first impressions was that the autofocus was slightly better than the R5 for bird eye tracking. I have been spoiled by my R5 in terms of noise; the R7 isn't bad but I often have to shoot at higher ISOs for bird photos and there is more noise relative to the R5. But either DxO or LRC's new denoise did a nice job with noise.

• Canon EOS R7
• RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 1000

• Canon EOS R7
• RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[PKM-UK]

Thank you for the kind comment Phil and Karen, I appreciate it. This is a new endevour so there may be a lot of iterations coming. Any cc would be welcome.

Hi Hali,

In terms of cc, I would caveat any comments by saying the image as presented is (as per my original comments) absolutely wonderful and a joy to behold, I really like the zingy results that this imaginative technique yields.

However, you asked and so with my best OCD head on, here you go -

Personally, I would take the image through to Photoshop (other apps are available) and set to healing some of the (very minor) surface scratches.

I would try removing/ replacing the lone green leaf (right side) to assess if that improved things (there is a risk this would effect the overall balance).

I would try a digital frame, similarly assessing whether this was beneficial, or otherwise.

Apart from these comments (which I've had to really scrape the bottom of the barrel to come up with), I'm struggling to find fault - you nailed it...

Phil

 

[PKM-UK]

A couple of early morning photos with my new R7, which we (ok, I, but my wife consented and actually encouraged me ) got to use with primarily with the RF100-400. I only got to shoot a few photos the morning after receiving it before I went to work and it has been pouring rain since. My first impressions was that the autofocus was slightly better than the R5 for bird eye tracking. I have been spoiled by my R5 in terms of noise; the R7 isn't bad but I often have to shoot at higher ISOs for bird photos and there is more noise relative to the R5. But either DxO or LRC's new denoise did a nice job with noise.
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Hi Don,

Two great captures of wonderful creatures - such colourful plumage. Terrific poses by both, good subject isolation and perfect eye catch-light to polish things off.

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[Hali]

A couple of early morning photos with my new R7, which we (ok, I, but my wife consented and actually encouraged me ) got to use with primarily with the RF100-400. I only got to shoot a few photos the morning after receiving it before I went to work and it has been pouring rain since. My first impressions was that the autofocus was slightly better than the R5 for bird eye tracking. I have been spoiled by my R5 in terms of noise; the R7 isn't bad but I often have to shoot at higher ISOs for bird photos and there is more noise relative to the R5. But either DxO or LRC's new denoise did a nice job with noise.
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Beautiful images and I love the soft light and very dark background