This is pushing the limit on the A7R4. This is 10% of full frame or 6.1 MP out of 61 MP. I really wish I was closer on this one.
(If backgrounds have been removed, etc. please be honest with your techniques to help others learn)
First, I am envious that you have been able to get photos of 'I’iwis, and second, the processing on this one is remarkable.
Beautiful bird but that’s a tough one to pull off. The IQ has suffered from the severe crop and underexposure. But now that you’ve seen it, perhaps you’ll get another chance to get closer.
Interesting pose you caught it in and you were certainly able to bring out some nice colors from the RAW image. Agree with Jim, nice processing job all things considered. Impressed with the lack of noise on the RAW image at ISO 2500. I’m curious, do you think you’d have done better shooting with the crop function on the Å7R4?
A very nice action shot and a really good job on post processing.
Aren’t we so lucky to have such latitude with our equipment and software these days.
Good for you to take on the task of documenting some of these indigenous birds.
Well done.
An excellent job of post processing, David. I probably would have trashed this one, but you turned it into a solid, if not spectacular, image. It shows the behavior very well. Nice work. Michelle pointed out the black streak coming back from the eye on this one that wasn’t in the first one and isn’t mentioned in our Hawaiian bird book. Is it by chance a processing artifact? Or could it be a stain from something it ate?
I think I figured out the black streak. Since the bird was so dark in the original, this streak may have been pure black (0,0,0). If that were the case, there wouldn’t be any color information for the software to work on and it would just stay black. I often see little flecks of that in “black” plumage, but they don’t show up against the rest there. An interesting phenomenon.
I will try to re process to see if it is a fluke…
Nice job on the repost, David.
