Sandhill Flyby

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An hour and a half drive gets me down to the Merced National Wildlife Refuge, and it’s always worth it. SO much subject matter and I always hope for some sandhill captures. The only ones I saw were a dozen or so that happened to fly over. I always know to look up as they always call as they fly, I appreciate that.

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Cropping? Exposure? Anything?

Technical Details

Z9, 180-600 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, hand held, 1/2000th, f 9.0, 1260mm, ISO 640, cropped to 2897 x 2236.

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Nice clear eyes and an interestingly overlapped image, Dave. Whatever noise reduction you’re using seems to have removed all the fine detail in the plumage.

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Nice flight shot, Dave, getting them flying in tandem like this. Have you tried DxO for NR? I found it works better than Topaz or Lr denoise and also seems to give a slight amount of sharpening.

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Nice flying shot of this pair. I like the similar wing positions and spacing of the heads. I also like the composition with room to fly into. A second nod to DXO PureRaw for noise reduction.

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Hi Dave
That is a nice pairing of a Sandhill flyby. Everything looks sharp and the coloring is great.
Peter

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I have not, but you guys have inspired me to look into getting DxO for denoising. Thanks for the suggestion.