Rough-legged Hawk

[Rick Howie]

Shot this Rough-legged Hawk in ridiculously low light setting today. ISO 6400 and opened up 2 stops plus work up in post-processing. 400mm lens with hawk 5 metres away.

 

Rick Howie 

Kamloops

 

[jell...@shaw.ca]

I think it would have worked better if you could have gotten a little closer.  Just kidding.  They are magnificent when you see the detail.

See you in the field,

Len Jellicoe

Abbotsford, British Columbia

Canada

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[Rick Howie]

Ha ha. I was thinking I should get out the macro lens.

 

Rick

[Rick Howie]

How about this Len? I had to accept the grainy look.

 

Rick Howie 

 

From: bcintbi...@googlegroups.com [mailto:bcintbi...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of jell...@shaw.ca
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2017 8:02 AM
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Subject: Re: bcintbird-pics Rough-legged Hawk

 

I think it would have worked better if you could have gotten a little closer.  Just kidding.  They are magnificent when you see the detail.

[Michael Lancaster]

Glad you used the word grain Rick. I have a rabid aversion to noise used in that context. I used a trick of my software to get rid of your grain! Or if you prefer make it acceptable(or not?).

Barry

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Currently, Tenerife, Islas Canarias

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We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert”. – J.Robert Oppenheimer.

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For him, scepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin.”  - Thomas H.Huxley

[Rick Howie]

HI Barry: can you save it as a .jpg because I don't have a program that will open an .spp file and most other people will not likely have one either.

Thanks

 

Rick Howie 

ssp free in Kamloops

[Michael Lancaster]

Hi Rick,

 I am unable to save it as a jpg because Serif has made changes to it that will not necessarily be saved by jpg. I suspect that you have associated 'pictures' with Adobe who also incidentally have their own format. I think Windows can open it.

I send this URL not to convince you to download something but in order to provide information which might be of help.

http://file.org/extension/spp.html

Barry

[Rick Howie]

Thanks Barry: I will noodle around with it. My anti-virus does not like that web link. I assume it is safe but it is generating some unsavory signals.

 

Rick Howie 

 

[Rick Howie]

If you use "serif optimizer" under the file menu of Serif, you can convert to .jpg without any loss of photo quality. Set the photo quality to at least 95%.

Otherwise, you might as well be sending files labelled "photo.tenerife." They will remain mystery files I think. Mainly because I don't know how to "associate" the file with Adobe. I have tried several Adobe image processors as well as Windows photo viewer with no success.

Done noodling I think.

 

Rick Howie