Scarlett honeyeater

[hotspur]

These birds a lovely to see,they are extremerly small and difficult

to photography,the move a lot,often hiden in shrubs.

I took these pics late in the day,conditions wer not favourable,

had 1/100th speed,800 iso and manual focus.the female is more

grey.I don't see these birds all the time,they are a real treat when

one is lucky enough to catch sight of one.

[dpastern]

Very pretty bird, good shots considering. Chris - if you haven't tried it already, grab a copy of the basic Neat Image noise reduction software from www.neatimage.com. Cleans up nice a bit, although it can soften an image or make it look slightly plastickly from time to time (depends on the image in question).

Good shots, especially considering the shutter speed used. I'm surprised at how much noise there was at ISO 800, but I suspect the original was under exposed and you pulled out some data, correct? And these are crops as well?

Dave

[hotspur]

Yes,David to all of the above,it was very late in the afternoon

and cloudy with a storm over head,i was suprised they came out

as clear as that.did a bit of fidling around with first image,they

are all croped these birds are about 3 and a half inches long,so

nut much of a target to focus on,the first two pics are in manual

focus.What noise reduce software is the one to get David?i notice

there is a 32 one and 64 one,I hope you get thsat car soon!

cheers Chris

[dpastern]

If you're shooting with a 32 bit operating system, go the 32 bit version of Neat Image. I must investigate and upgrade myself then!

Dave

[jjjnettie]

Beautiful work as per usual Chris.
Thanks for posting.