Comments on: Learning Lots From a Stunner of a Royal Tern Image https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2022/02/18/learning-lots-from-a-stunner-of-a-royal-tern-image/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2022/02/18/learning-lots-from-a-stunner-of-a-royal-tern-image/comment-page-1/#comment-1927928 Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:12:41 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=78776#comment-1927928 In reply to Dietmar Haenchen.

Hi Dietmar, It took me a while to fix the total screw-up here but I just did it — three weeks late. The image was made with the 200-600 and the 1.4X TC and the a1. At Fort DeSoto.

As far as the eye is concerned, when I view the high-re version on my MacBook Pro the eye stands out beautifully and is as clear as a bell …

with love, artie

]]> By: Dietmar Haenchen https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2022/02/18/learning-lots-from-a-stunner-of-a-royal-tern-image/comment-page-1/#comment-1924674 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 14:40:42 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=78776#comment-1924674 Hi Artie,
I like this interesting image and agree that optimization further improves it.
In the main body of your text you mention that the image was created with the 200-600mm G lens and 1.4X teleconverter. The stated focal length of 708mm supports this. However in the description under image 1B you state twice that the image was made with the Sony FE 600mm f/4 GM OSS Lens with converter.
I can see the eye of the bird on my monitor, but it does not stand out as I would like to see it. I have seen such virtual “disappearance” of eyes in some of my images and it does not represent what I recall seeing with my own eyes. I therefore brighten the eye and increase contrast in such images. I believe that this kind of adjustment improves the those images.

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