Locke's SAFC
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'Didn't realise there's a photography section on this board until the last few days. I've read through a few posts, and thought it could be an idea to share some knowledge on how to make the best of images. 'Particularly interested to hear from anyone with some insight on how to get more detail in an image.
I have the Nikon P950 for bird photography. Three reasons for that: firstly, it's 800 quid's worth of camera compared with a few grand for the DLSR set up; secondly, I like the flexibility that comes with using a bridge camera; thirdly, I like the extra zoom (P950 versus other bridge cameras), so I went for longer zoom/smaller sensor versus say the new Sony with a large sensor/shorter zoom.
What I do with my pictures is shoot RAW, upload to Nikon's free software (NX Studio), make a few minor changes and save as TIFF. There are some noticeable advantages of doing this before post processing in third party software, which I'm happy to share with anyone who has a Nikon camera.
I then post process in Affinity including resizing in a manner that doesn't impact image quality. The most useful tool is the sharpening using bi-lateral blur as it's the only sharpening tool I've found that doesn't give that crunchy look, even when notching up the sharpening. Again, I'm happy to share any of this information and other bits I do in Affinity, which for me was 23 quid by the way and doesn't require any further annual payments. For even serious photographers, Affinity is an absolute bargain.
I don't like to do too much with my images as I don't want to be posting or keeping pictures of birds that look unrealistic.
So, anyone got any tips to share?
I'm aware of the importance of camera technique, by the way, and I'm quite happy with that. I'd just like to get a bit more out of my images from post processing and maybe someone reading this has really good insight that I'd never thought of.
Cheers.
I have the Nikon P950 for bird photography. Three reasons for that: firstly, it's 800 quid's worth of camera compared with a few grand for the DLSR set up; secondly, I like the flexibility that comes with using a bridge camera; thirdly, I like the extra zoom (P950 versus other bridge cameras), so I went for longer zoom/smaller sensor versus say the new Sony with a large sensor/shorter zoom.
What I do with my pictures is shoot RAW, upload to Nikon's free software (NX Studio), make a few minor changes and save as TIFF. There are some noticeable advantages of doing this before post processing in third party software, which I'm happy to share with anyone who has a Nikon camera.
I then post process in Affinity including resizing in a manner that doesn't impact image quality. The most useful tool is the sharpening using bi-lateral blur as it's the only sharpening tool I've found that doesn't give that crunchy look, even when notching up the sharpening. Again, I'm happy to share any of this information and other bits I do in Affinity, which for me was 23 quid by the way and doesn't require any further annual payments. For even serious photographers, Affinity is an absolute bargain.
I don't like to do too much with my images as I don't want to be posting or keeping pictures of birds that look unrealistic.
So, anyone got any tips to share?
I'm aware of the importance of camera technique, by the way, and I'm quite happy with that. I'd just like to get a bit more out of my images from post processing and maybe someone reading this has really good insight that I'd never thought of.
Cheers.
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