COMMON KINGFISHER (despite the name, not a very common bird in Singapore.)
2 more bird images captured at Eco Lake today
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2 more bird images captured at Eco Lake today
BEE EATER (Hm, still trying to figure out exactly which species of Bee Eater this is...) Anyway, Richard, here you can see some traces of the chromatic aberration you "missed"
COMMON KINGFISHER (despite the name, not a very common bird in Singapore.)
COMMON KINGFISHER (despite the name, not a very common bird in Singapore.)
Samuel Ng
Re: 2 more bird images captured at Eco Lake today
Hi Sam,harlequin2902 wrote:BEE EATER (Hm, still trying to figure out exactly which species of Bee Eater this is...) Anyway, Richard, here you can see some traces of the chromatic aberration you "missed"
COMMON KINGFISHER (despite the name, not a very common bird in Singapore.)
Cure the purple with an APO or a 'cat' (catadioptric)!
Kay Heem
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Yeah, perhaps a proper APO one day. Most likely I'll settle for an APO spotting scope - like the Leica APO Televid 77 for example. The importance of having a weatherproof scope for bird photography was learnt the hard way yesterday when my Pronto, CP995 and I were all caught in the sudden rain in the middle of the bridge over the lake ! Fortunately I had an umbrella with me (even then, I couldn't go anywhere because everything was already setup and I couldn't possibly be packing them into their bags in the pouring rain...) !
Samuel Ng
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hey sam,harlequin2902 wrote:Yeah, perhaps a proper APO one day. Most likely I'll settle for an APO spotting scope - like the Leica APO Televid 77 for example. The importance of having a weatherproof scope for bird photography was learnt the hard way yesterday when my Pronto, CP995 and I were all caught in the sudden rain in the middle of the bridge over the lake ! Fortunately I had an umbrella with me (even then, I couldn't go anywhere because everything was already setup and I couldn't possibly be packing them into their bags in the pouring rain...) !
apparently you have forgotten those hugh plastic bags we carried with us to Mersing for a rainy day....remember Mars Watch 01?
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Those are good only when you want to stop whatever you're doing and leave your scope protected inside till the rain stops.
That's not good enough for bird photography because you'd still want to be able to shoot even while it's drizzling because your target may just move a little such that you are able to get a clean shot at that point in time. With our precious, fragile, non waterproof and vulnerable-to-fungus astronomical refractors, the moment we feel a single drop of rain when we're out with our babies, it's 'sayonara' and time to run for cover !
That's not good enough for bird photography because you'd still want to be able to shoot even while it's drizzling because your target may just move a little such that you are able to get a clean shot at that point in time. With our precious, fragile, non waterproof and vulnerable-to-fungus astronomical refractors, the moment we feel a single drop of rain when we're out with our babies, it's 'sayonara' and time to run for cover !
Samuel Ng
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OK, at least I remembered to delete the image when replying this time!.harlequin2902 wrote:My my, image processing can really do magic ! Look at this new processed pic of the Common Kingfisher and compare it to the one above !
Sam, can you tweak it to remove the purple fringing? I recall reading somewhere that there is an affordable software to do this kind of thing.
As I thought about it, could it be the lens of the CP9905 that is causing the purple? Why not hook up a digital SLR and do a couple of shots at prime focus?
Kay Heem
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I can try Photoshop's hue shift feature but that will take some time and experimentation.kayheem wrote:OK, at least I remembered to delete the image when replying this time!.harlequin2902 wrote:My my, image processing can really do magic ! Look at this new processed pic of the Common Kingfisher and compare it to the one above !
Sam, can you tweak it to remove the purple fringing? I recall reading somewhere that there is an affordable software to do this kind of thing.
As I thought about it, could it be the lens of the CP9905 that is causing the purple? Why not hook up a digital SLR and do a couple of shots at prime focus?
Kay Heem
I think it's my scope itself that's introducing the purple.
No matter what camera I use, I think I'll still get the same fringing since I'm using a non-apo refractor. Because if it's the camera that's causing it, then I don't see why people will want to spend that much in getting a true APO scope for the same purpose anymore.
Samuel Ng