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Posted by flygirl on Thu Jan 19, 2017 11:55 am

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Well, we travel far and wide, but sometimes great photo ops happen in our own backyard.  This jewel showed up yesterday in my backyard in Central Florida.  She was very busy looking for insects and grubs.

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Nikon 500 f/4E, FL, ED, VR lens
f/6.3, 1/1250, iso 3200
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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Jan 19, 2017 12:07 pm
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What a cool bird and a great photo.
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by Karl Egressy on Thu Jan 19, 2017 12:24 pm
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Great image excellent details, Nancy.
 

by Robert on Thu Jan 19, 2017 2:31 pm
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Great photo of this Pileated Nancy. I didn't know they were in Florida, but I do now. They sure love the oak woods in the great lakes area. Even more amazing is how good this image is at ISO 3200.
 

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Marvelous Image Nancy:   What program do you use for noise reduction with the D500?  That image looks very clean at ISO 1600. hcarl
 

by david fletcher on Thu Jan 19, 2017 3:23 pm
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wow... outstanding shot Nancy. drop dead gorgeous...
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by Mark Picard on Thu Jan 19, 2017 4:11 pm
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Fantastic Nancy  Love the moss. Good stuff from the D500.
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by Ron Day on Thu Jan 19, 2017 5:13 pm
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I agree with all of the above. This is a first class image of a Pileated Woodpecker. Very, very nice!!!


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by flygirl on Thu Jan 19, 2017 5:55 pm
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hcarl wrote:Marvelous Image Nancy:   What program do you use for noise reduction with the D500?  That image looks very clean at ISO 1600. hcarl
Thanks!

I use Nikon's NX-D for my initial RAW processing, then take a Tiff into Photoshop where I use the Nik/Google plug in set, including their Define noise program.
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flygirl wrote:
hcarl wrote:Marvelous Image Nancy:   What program do you use for noise reduction with the D500?  That image looks very clean at ISO 1600. hcarl
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I use Nikon's NX-D for my initial RAW processing, then take a Tiff into Photoshop where I use the Nik/Google plug in set, including their Define noise program.

Nancy:  Thanks for the processing info. Another question?  What level of ISO do you feel that the D500 is capable of as compared to a D810 or D800 as I use now.  I seldom go over ISO 800 but would like to be able to use ISO 3200 on a regular basis when shooting Hummers without flash.  

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by flygirl on Thu Jan 19, 2017 6:16 pm
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hcarl wrote:
flygirl wrote:
hcarl wrote:Marvelous Image Nancy:   What program do you use for noise reduction with the D500?  That image looks very clean at ISO 1600. hcarl
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I use Nikon's NX-D for my initial RAW processing, then take a Tiff into Photoshop where I use the Nik/Google plug in set, including their Define noise program.

Nancy:  Thanks for the processing info. Another question?  What level of ISO do you feel that the D500 is capable of as compared to a D810 or D800 as I use now.  I seldom go over ISO 800 but would like to be able to use ISO 3200 on a regular basis when shooting Hummers without flash.  

hcarl

I am happy with the D500 up to and including iso 3200 as this image was taken at iso 3200, not 1600.  After that I switch to my D810.
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by hcarl on Thu Jan 19, 2017 6:33 pm
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flygirl wrote:
hcarl wrote:
flygirl wrote:
hcarl wrote:Marvelous Image Nancy:   What program do you use for noise reduction with the D500?  That image looks very clean at ISO 1600. hcarl
Thanks!

I use Nikon's NX-D for my initial RAW processing, then take a Tiff into Photoshop where I use the Nik/Google plug in set, including their Define noise program.

Nancy:  Thanks for the processing info. Another question?  What level of ISO do you feel that the D500 is capable of as compared to a D810 or D800 as I use now.  I seldom go over ISO 800 but would like to be able to use ISO 3200 on a regular basis when shooting Hummers without flash.  

hcarl

I am happy with the D500 up to and including iso 3200 as this image was taken at iso 3200, not 1600.  After that I switch to my D810.
Nancy:  Thanks again for the info and that was my mistake on the ISO as I had seen the ISO 3200 post on your image.  I am going to have a look at NX-D Raw processing as I use ACR now and from what I have been reading NX-D is superior  to the Adobe program.  hcarl
 

by Cynthia Crawford on Thu Jan 19, 2017 8:21 pm
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Wonderful seeing this Pileated in action- really like the mossy stuff around her. Love her expression too. Thanks for all the shooting info!
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by George DeCamp on Thu Jan 19, 2017 8:29 pm
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Awesome image Nancy! I do the exact same thing for processing with my D500n NX-D into Photoshop.
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by Dorian Anderson on Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:20 am
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What a great yard bird and shot. Lucky you to have these so close to home. So jealous, my backyard here in LA is a Costco parking lot!
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by swanuck on Sat Jan 21, 2017 1:00 pm
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yes lovely capture
 

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Great shot
 

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