shane shacaluga
04-14-2015, 08:14 AM
Stonechats usually perch out in the open where they spend long periods of time gazing into the sky waiting for insects to fly past. They take off vertically and then actively chase their prey and return to their resting spot
I was still setting up my gear in the car and spotted this one in the distance resting on a far from ideal metal post. Unsure as to where in the car my teleconvertor was so took a few shots. It was quite small in the frame but i wanted to check how much detail the lens and sensor managed to capture. Doesn't look to bad at least to me
Resting on car window. Cropped (a lot) and then brightened eye area. There was a bit of white in the neck that was showing 230 on histogram but no details so i cloned a bit from another area where detail was present so it did not look blown. Slight sharpening
D800e
600f4 VR
1/2500
f4
ISO 400
I was still setting up my gear in the car and spotted this one in the distance resting on a far from ideal metal post. Unsure as to where in the car my teleconvertor was so took a few shots. It was quite small in the frame but i wanted to check how much detail the lens and sensor managed to capture. Doesn't look to bad at least to me
Resting on car window. Cropped (a lot) and then brightened eye area. There was a bit of white in the neck that was showing 230 on histogram but no details so i cloned a bit from another area where detail was present so it did not look blown. Slight sharpening
D800e
600f4 VR
1/2500
f4
ISO 400