Show us your cocks...

Are you using some kind of filter on your lens?

I have UV filter (because I was told to )

Why?

See those lines in the background? It's caused by single coated filters. Usually low end ones. Has something to do with the digital sensor and the filters over the sensor and doesn't do it on film cameras. I had to take all mine off, and haven't had a problem since.

Thanks for the info. When I bought my lense I ordered a nice filter for it and Abe's sent me a really cheap one for the expensive price. I bought one locally but couldn't find the recommended one - any suggestions ? Thanks again.

Could be my processing? I am not very good with that

You might only need it for protection, like in shooting paintball. I don't usually use one & the cam has a filter for UV light. I always use the hoods, though, for protection & better contrast.

Love the neck hackles in these shots!

No, it's not the processing. Definately from the coatings on cheap filters and some that are not so cheap with supposedly good reputations. I just happened to find some this morning on my 300/4 Prime that has a B&W UV filter on it and hadn't noticed the lines before, but I was shooting through window glass too, so I need to test it some more.

Here's a thread that shows it and discusses it. I'd just take it off and don't use one.

Thanks

One more ( I have too many Chickens )

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Pasquatch wrote in post #6063547
Egg chickens grow much slower and by the time they are big enough for dinner are too tough for my liking. (like shoe leather)

Thanks for the info...the toughest chicken I ate was in Mali, Africa. These were, of course, free range hens that were not fed by their owners. They walked around the village foraging for food. They had to scavenge for themselves. To this day I have no idea how anyone was able to keep track of which hen belonged to whom, but they were able to. So these guys/gals were tough from spending their whole lives walking around (unlike our sedentary caged factory hens). Also they were lean as heck, tasteless. It was almost impossible to pull the leg segments apart, the ligaments/tendons were that strong.

Pasquatch wrote in post #6062829
Fresh off the farm

i love the vibrant colors in the 1st one!

I have a lot of rooster shots from my film days but nothing on digital
Here's a photo of a photo of a rooster (or is it a chicken?)taken of a billboard near a 5 alarm fire scene that occurred in the middle of winter (thus all the ice)

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lilminijpc wrote in post #6064666
i love the vibrant colors in the 1st one!

He is quite the colorful fellow.

philmar wrote in post #6067477
I have a lot of rooster shots from my film days but nothing on digital
Here's a photo of a photo of a rooster (or is it a chicken?)taken of a billboard near a 5 alarm fire scene that occurred in the middle of winter (thus all the ice)

So we're talking fresh frozen roast chicken?

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #6068038
So we're talking fresh frozen roast chicken?

yummmm, roast chicken....

just remembered i had this one too:

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A famous cock from the south............