camera test shots--nikon d3200 TEST SHOT: Mockingbird on Wire (shot hand-held at ISO 800, f/20, 1/1250 sec)

I have no idea where the f/20 came from.  I was shooting aperture priority, but most of them were shot at f/8.  So, yes, it is a little ridiculous to shoot at ISO 800 and f/20, but I have no idea what happened.  I have shot this camera only on aperture priority, and I certainly don't remember dialing in f/20.

The bird was a dark profile against the sky before Shadows/Highlights was applied in Photoshop.

This photo as shown on large appears a bit smaller than the 100% crop does.

--Lannie

Here is the resized original without processing.

See also this version from the same file:

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I know that someone can do a lot better with Photoshop than I can on this one.

--Lannie

--Lannie

I am afraid the image is beyond repair,i looked at the large version and is full of colour noise,the rule for shooting birds is,if the birds is white against a dark backgroud you undrexpose by 2 thirds of a stop,for a dark bird against the sky you overexpose by 2 thirds  up to 1 and a half stops,or use spot metering.The f20 is the result of your thumb turning the rear wheel accidentally because of the tiny size of the camera and large male hands.I had the same problem with my D7000,i solved it by fitting a battery grip,the camera is better balanced now,best regards,Harry

Thank you, Harry. I think you are dead-on on every point.  I got the battery grip shortly after this shoot of this crazy bird who didn't like me very much.

--Lannie

This entire batch of bird shots was made with the camera set to record only JPEG files.  Had I shot NEF (Nikon raw) files, I think that perhaps I could have adjusted exposure compensation and prevented the horrendous chromatic aberration visible above (and even more so in the original full-sized file).

--Lannie