Henry Domke
01-24-2014, 02:38 PM
I made lots of mistakes when I took this photograph.
First, the sun was behind the bird and not behind me. I knew that Artie Morris says "point your shadow at the bird" but I never really believed it until this year. Now I realize that he is right.
Another mistake was that I did not rotate the camera. To me this picture calls out to be a vertical ("portrait") orientation but I shot it horizontally. That means I had to crop off the sides.
One thing the backlighting does help with is to create a richly colored background.
Do you think this is worth keeping?
These warblers are usually in shrubby thickets along the creeks here at the Prairie Garden Trust (http://prairiegardentrust.org). I was surprised to find this one sitting on a branch a few feet from our house. On the full size image you can see a mirrored image of our house in the catchlight in the birds eye.
All comments and suggestions are welcome.
Canon 1DsMk2 600mm f/10 1/125 sec ISO 400 Tripod used
Processed with Lightrooom 5 and Photoshop CC
First, the sun was behind the bird and not behind me. I knew that Artie Morris says "point your shadow at the bird" but I never really believed it until this year. Now I realize that he is right.
Another mistake was that I did not rotate the camera. To me this picture calls out to be a vertical ("portrait") orientation but I shot it horizontally. That means I had to crop off the sides.
One thing the backlighting does help with is to create a richly colored background.
Do you think this is worth keeping?
These warblers are usually in shrubby thickets along the creeks here at the Prairie Garden Trust (http://prairiegardentrust.org). I was surprised to find this one sitting on a branch a few feet from our house. On the full size image you can see a mirrored image of our house in the catchlight in the birds eye.
All comments and suggestions are welcome.
Canon 1DsMk2 600mm f/10 1/125 sec ISO 400 Tripod used
Processed with Lightrooom 5 and Photoshop CC