Photo-A-Day March 2022

mhedges

Thanks Photobug!

spraynpray

Capt_Spaulding said:

I've been playing around with Pure Raw and C1-22 and stitched a pano from several Milky Way PR processed images I took back in 2019. I find the result pretty wild - if I say so myself. Click though the larger (but still lowish resolution) image on Flickr.

That's a cracker Capt. Tell us about your settings and gear then your processing please.

CEBlueclouds

Yellow-billed kite...

mhedges

Photobug

Capt_Spaulding

spraynpray said:

That's a cracker Capt. Tell us about your settings and gear then your processing please.

Thanks S&P. D750 through a Rokinon 20mm f1.8 @ f1.8; 25 seconds (+/-) @iso 1250. Three frames, each in landscape.

Ran each through DXO Pure Raw using the "deep prime" mode.

Imported into C1. (no presets)

Stitched the 3 using, IIRC the cylindrical projection. Final DNG was 141MB.

Edited in C1
WB 4502
Exp. +.97 stop
Cont +25
Sat +17
Shad + 25
Clar +36

I think that's it. Nothing done in the color menu. Just healed a number of bright spots caused by fireflies.

I did not take them with the intent of stitching them. But I had done a couple of others recently and it occurred that I had these raw files so I decided to play a bit with them.

Thanks again for the compliment.

Photobug

mhedges

Nice sunsets all! I need to try to take some.

Capt_Spaulding

nice shot @Photobug

mhedges

CEBlueclouds

little bee-eater...

Searcy

The Kids New Red Suit

CEBlueclouds

mhedges

That is some red suit @Searcy !

Photobug

Thanks mhedges and Capt_Spalding for your comments on the sunset pictures.
Really like the steam engine and all the smoke. Right location at the right time.
Could that red outfit be any brighter....WOW!

GPDen

From the golf course earlier today...a Golden Pheasant...

Been trying to rock up with the camera rather than golf clubs to catch this guy for some time now so today the timing was right...not a great shot but hope to get many more of this really colourful guy during the year.

GPDen

PS - Really loving the steam train pics mhedges......keep em coming.

Searcy

mhedges said:

That is some red suit @Searcy !

Thanks! It's part of a set we did. I'm so rusty these days. it was nice to do a big photo shoot again.

CEBlueclouds

...Nice capture @GPDen ...

mhedges

Thanks photobug and GPden!

I can't take the credit for the place and time. This was a photo excursion so all that was already picked out for us.

mhedges

GPDen

Thanks CEBlueclouds........another bird shot from my quick visit to the golf course the other day - nothing special just a Grey Heron in the reeds stalking...

Gosh these guys are so sensitive to any movement within a few hundred yards of them...this one took flight to the other end of the lake each time I was about to pull the trigger!

Photobug

mhedges

Very nice sunset Photobug!

CEBlueclouds

...Pied kingfisher...