Comments on: SONY and Nikon do Red, White, and Blue … https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2019/03/07/sony-and-nikon-do-red-white-and-blue/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Sun, 07 Apr 2019 12:36:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Phil Thach https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2019/03/07/sony-and-nikon-do-red-white-and-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-1762091 Sat, 09 Mar 2019 15:39:15 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=60027#comment-1762091 I like them both when it comes to image quality and fine detail at this resolution. I might say something different if I were to see them both at full resolution. I prefer the head angle of the first image. The pouch is more visible in the second so I can understand why you chose these two. Both of these have some of the beak cut off which bothers me a little, only because they are cut off so close to the tip. I often cut off beaks in my ultra close-up heron photos but I try not to cut them off this close to the tip. These ibises have longer beaks than heron so that might make the composition seem weird if you keep the entire beak. The first image, because of the perfect head angle, seems to draw less attention to the cut off beak. Both images have some of the best and most beautiful eye detail I’ve ever seen in a bird photograph.

I’m curious if the winners of your B&H sponsored photo contest from late last year have been announced. It possible that I missed it.

best,

]]> By: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2019/03/07/sony-and-nikon-do-red-white-and-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-1762084 Sat, 09 Mar 2019 10:57:55 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=60027#comment-1762084 In reply to Joseph Przybyla.

Thanks Joe,

I think that you might be touching on something. I am fine with the sharpness of the SONY images. It is possible that the fine feather detail problems are seeing are the result of the very narrow depth-of-field at 800mm when working 3-5 feet from the subject. And I am trying to better understand diffraction. I need to spend a good deal of time on the phone with Patrick this weekend. Unlike me, he is technically brilliant.

with love, artie

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