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2many · Mar 10, 2008, 11:06 PM

ok, first, I went out the other day and shot nothing but RAW, first time I had tried this with the K10D. I am now playing with processing these using a free program called Raw Therapee. I have all the others, Silkypix, Lightroom, and PPL but thought I would give this one a try.

Picture is of a snowy egret in breeding ploomage, and with the reflection of the sun in his eye, thought the title fit. I was using my trusty old Tamron 70-300mm DI

Terry

DMJJR · Mar 10, 2008, 11:26 PM

Great Shot-what lens were you using?

snostorm · Mar 11, 2008, 4:02 AM

Hi Terry,

Nice Egret portrait! We only get Great Egrets up here, and I've never gotten quite that close to one.

I think that the "glint" is actually the sunlight passing through the the eye's lens sideways from about 2 O'clock and focusing at the front of the eye. I've seen and captured something similar a few times on Great Blue Herons accidentally. The sun has to be at just the right angle.

On this forum, we seem to see a lot of shots from the Sigma 70-300 APO Macro, so it's good to see aomething nice from the Tamron -- I tend to prefer Tamron over Sigma if they offer equivalent lenses.

Scott

ennacac · Mar 11, 2008, 5:28 AM

I really like the color of that shot, very nice.

Tom

mtngal · Mar 11, 2008, 8:01 AM

Wonderful shot - and shows that the Tamron is another good performer.

Interesting effect, the sparkle in his eye.

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Mar 10, 2008, 11:06 PM	#1
2many Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Costa Rica Posts: 533	ok, first, I went out the other day and shot nothing but RAW, first time I had tried this with the K10D. I am now playing with processing these using a free program called Raw Therapee. I have all the others, Silkypix, Lightroom, and PPL but thought I would give this one a try. Picture is of a snowy egret in breeding ploomage, and with the reflection of the sun in his eye, thought the title fit. I was using my trusty old Tamron 70-300mm DI Terry

Mar 10, 2008, 11:26 PM	#2
DMJJR Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 953	Great Shot-what lens were you using?

Mar 11, 2008, 4:02 AM	#3
snostorm Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chicago Suburb, IL, USA Posts: 2,770	Hi Terry, Nice Egret portrait! We only get Great Egrets up here, and I've never gotten quite that close to one. I think that the "glint" is actually the sunlight passing through the the eye's lens sideways from about 2 O'clock and focusing at the front of the eye. I've seen and captured something similar a few times on Great Blue Herons accidentally. The sun has to be at just the right angle. On this forum, we seem to see a lot of shots from the Sigma 70-300 APO Macro, so it's good to see aomething nice from the Tamron -- I tend to prefer Tamron over Sigma if they offer equivalent lenses. Scott

Mar 11, 2008, 5:28 AM	#4
ennacac Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,198	I really like the color of that shot, very nice. Tom

Mar 11, 2008, 8:01 AM	#5
mtngal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Frazier Park, CA Posts: 16,177	Wonderful shot - and shows that the Tamron is another good performer. Interesting effect, the sparkle in his eye.