*OFFICIAL* Snapshot of the Day (one image per post please) (#2)

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

Nice shot Dave. I see the same drama with hummingbirds in my yard claiming the flowers as their own and chasing off others.

Thanks Ed. Good luck getting a shot with two hummingbirds in the frame, fighting. Take about 1,000 and you could luck out.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

Well my Osprey will soon depart, having raised another brood, and the boring season begins here with not much to shoot until later August when the elk rut starts at Point Reyes. I guess I will have to take another trip to wine country for some grape shots or something, yeah that's it!

Super eye contact.

[Ickdeep]

Into the sunset

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Ickdeep

Into the sunset

[dcstep]

Eye-To-Eye

Eye-ToEye by David Stephens, on Flickr

I shot this with the 100-400mm on the 50-mp 5DS-R, at ISO 3200, hand held. The crop is about 70% and I applied DxO's PRIME noise reduction and it still has great detail.

[Itsed65]

That's a print!

[Itsed65]

Another shot with the Fuji

House Cleaning by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Here's the same guy in Panel 10987. He got so close that he was filling my frame and then he took off. The image had a little motion/focus softness, so I ran it through piccure+ a pixel-by-pixel sharpening software. It's not a total rescue, but much improved.

Snowy Takes Off by David Stephens, on Flickr

[Itsed65]

From last October

Northern Harrier #113 by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

From last October
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Wow! One of your best.

[Terry989]

Young squirrel enjoying a peach from my neighbors tree while setting on the fence in my backyard.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Terry989

Young squirrel enjoying a peach from my neighbors tree while setting on the fence in my backyard.

Nice details.

[dcstep]

Goldfinch Launches by David Stephens, on Flickr

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

That's a print!

Nice shot, DC.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Goldfinch Launches by David Stephens, on Flickr

Love combination of clarity and motion on this one. Superb image.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Terry989

Young squirrel enjoying a peach from my neighbors tree while setting on the fence in my backyard.

Nicely done.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

From last October

Northern Harrier #113 by lennycarl08, on Flickr

Cool shot, Ed.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Love combination of clarity and motion on this one. Superb image.

Thanks Mark.

Just a note for our data bases in our heads, that was 1/1600-sec. to freeze a small, fast bird, but blur the wings. I didn't really have that in mind. I was at ISO 1600 and f/8 to get needed DOF, so 1/1600-sec. became the highest speed that I could achieve without raising ISO further. The 5D4 generates excellent files at ISO 1600 and 3200, but I still try to keep it as low as I can.

I knew that was a keeper, as soon as I saw the preview on the back of the camera, so I ran it through DxO's pixel-by-pixel PRIME noise reduction and then sharpened it with piccure+, which also a pixel-by-pixel adjustment. As far as I can determine, those are the two top software for those functions. I'm very happy with both.

[Itsed65]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Wow! One of your best.

Originally Posted by M_Six

Cool shot, Ed.

Thanks guys!

[Itsed65]

Hawk on Post #39 by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[M_Six]

^^^^^^Wow, check that expression.

[Terry989]

A different kind of Squirrel. I took this photo of a Variegated squirrel from the patio of our hotel room in Costa Rica. This white and black subspecies is only found along the pacific coast of northern Costa Rica and into Nicaragua.