Ian Wilson
07-27-2014, 12:54 AM
This is another high-speed action shot taken at my bird bath on 6 March 2014. It shows two female Superb Fairy-wrens, one of which is bathing so vigorously she appears to be exploding. To capture the action I have used three synchronized flash units at reduced power to produce a very short flash pulse (about 1/5000 sec). The background is an old potato sack. The scene was in dappled sunlight which has produced some water droplet highlights and recorded them as dramatic streaks during the time the camera shutter was open (1/200 sec).
Canon 5DIII + 300 mm f/2.8L II + 1.4x III extender, three 600EX-RT flashes, RS-80N3 remote shutter release, Gitzo 3532LS, Kirkphoto King Cobra gimbal.
Pre-set manual focus, manual camera settings, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO 200, 1/8 flash power all units.
Processed in DPP4: crop, adjust gamma, shad/h'lights, sharpen, RAW-TIFF. PS Elements: remove flash highlight from eye, brighten iris, surface blur background to reduce file size, downsize, sharpen birds, TIFF-JPEG.
Thanks for looking, critical feedback welcome.
Ian
Canon 5DIII + 300 mm f/2.8L II + 1.4x III extender, three 600EX-RT flashes, RS-80N3 remote shutter release, Gitzo 3532LS, Kirkphoto King Cobra gimbal.
Pre-set manual focus, manual camera settings, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO 200, 1/8 flash power all units.
Processed in DPP4: crop, adjust gamma, shad/h'lights, sharpen, RAW-TIFF. PS Elements: remove flash highlight from eye, brighten iris, surface blur background to reduce file size, downsize, sharpen birds, TIFF-JPEG.
Thanks for looking, critical feedback welcome.
Ian