a few random birds on a macro outing.

[Sushigaijin]

went out looking for bugs today, and didn't find ANY. I'm serious. Nothing is blooming yet, so they weren't concentrated enough to be worth my time. Instead I got a smattering of assorted winged reptiles. Hope you enjoy!

All with the 1.7x teleconverter.

a couple of "icebreaker" shots, I think this is a catbird. I have one of this perch that is a much better pose, but it is just soft enough where I feel like I would be cheating to post it at this size





a seagull about 6 feet away



a heron, first of the year.



a sparrow, cropped to 3:2 but not more. The teleconverter gets really close.



and a sleepy lion, which isn't a bird but I couldn't resist the shot. again with the teleconverter. The pond I frequent for birds and bugs is a stone's throw from the zoo, so it is often a stop along the way.

[Sushigaijin]

Here's a couple more.

A shot I overlooked.



here is the shot that I considered too soft. This is the resized/sharpened version. JPG compressed as well. It really sharpens up pretty well. I guess I could probably get away with this one.



here's a 100% crop, not compressed and no PP. Plenty of detail, but dodgy sharpness. Can't tell if it is camera motion blur or missed focus, could be a bit of both.



here is a sharp one at 100% for comparison.

[Knight]

Good series Erik, Heron is my Fav Love the lazy pose of the Lion

[CharlieBettell]

Luv the Lion shot Erik.

One I took on 8th May 07 at Colchester Zoo - Essex, UK

[paulnj]

Green herons sure are funny looking at time huh

Nice images as usual

[SmartWombat]

That 100% crop what I see is colour aberration that could be corrected in Lightroom or Photoshop.
I get it that bad on my EF-S 10-22 but not on any "L" lenses.
The LZ-5 also suffers, with the same purple haloes on highlights.

[Sushigaijin]

That 100% crop what I see is colour aberration that could be corrected in Lightroom or Photoshop.
I get it that bad on my EF-S 10-22 but not on any "L" lenses.
The LZ-5 also suffers, with the same purple haloes on highlights.

yep, CA is a constant battle with digital. I usually don't consider shots that are heavily effected to be usable. On a shot like this I would correct it for printing if I thought it was a great shot otherwise, since the fringing is really not that bad. I didn't want to touch it since I was posting 100% comparisons. Most of the time, CA isn't visible at web sizes, so I don't even bother with it.