Pretty Bird..

[DizzyDigger]

I've still got a few hundred RAW frames to process, and
am slowly working through them. Came upon this handsome
fellow and thought he was worth sharing...

 

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[Jim in Idaho]

Nice pic!...of a Western Tanager.
Jim

 

[DizzyDigger]

Nice pic!...of a Western Tanager.
Jim

Now I know what it is! Thanks Jim.

 

[curious kat]

He's a very pretty bird! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Jim in Idaho]

Now I know what it is! Thanks Jim.

No problem. We get them here at the house occasionally, but not as often as I'd like.
Jim

 

[JunkShopFiddler]

Nice! Is RAW really worth shooting in? I seem to be scared to death of it for some reason.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice photograph! Thanks for sharing...

 

[tamrock]

Birds are fun to watch. I to now know what it is. Thanks! J in ID.

 

[tamrock]

Nice! Is RAW really worth shooting in? I seem to be scared to death of it for some reason.

I had to seek info on what you fella's are talking about "shooting in RAW". looks like a lot of stuff to learn and understand there.

 

[ronwoodcraft]

Awesome Capture!!...Beautiful!! I got a picture of one a long time ago, but lost it when one of my old computers crashed. It wasn't a very good pic anyway. I don't see them very often, but when I do, they are not easy to get close too, and seem to always be on the move.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Ron, I was able to get about 40 frames of this one,
but as usual only a few were worth processing. He was
all over the damn tree, and the pic above was the one
time he stood still long enough.

Grant: Shooting in RAW is not difficult at all, but the
images will need to be processed. When you shoot a
.jpg with your camera, it takes the RAW data and processes
it through an algorithm in the camera, giving you the .jpg
image. With a RAW image you control the contrast, color,
etc.

FWIW, I use Adobe Lightroom (3.6 since I still use XP),
and it isn't hard to learn at all. An hour or two messing
with it and you'll be on your way to being a fan of RAW
shooting.

You can do a whole lot more with a RAW image in post-processing
than you ever can with a .jpg.

I used to shoot everything in RAW, but that mean a massive
amount of processing, so now when I'm just taking snapshots
of this and that I'll switch to .jpg's, but any serious pics
are shot in RAW (landscape, critters, etc.).