John Chardine
06-12-2008, 09:05 PM
I was lucky enough to come upon this parent Swamp Sparrow with a mouthful of crane flies (species?) this evening in the Sackville Waterfowl Park. Swamp Sparrows are deceptively beautiful birds. One of the many delights of photography is that it is capable of bringing this beauty out. BTW, "our" sparrows are really buntings to the Europeans.
The light was fading so I had to make the best of a bad situation. I'm not that happy with the head angle but this was the sharpest one I had. I cloned some branches from above the bird and did some selective sharpening around the eye before an overall sharpen at the end of processing. Reduced noise and did some burning and dodging to even out BG and highlights on perch.
Comments welcome.
40D, 500 mm f4, 1.4 tc
capture date: Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:07:45 PM
exposure program: Aperture Priority
ISO speed: 640
shutter speed: 1/125
aperture: f5.6
exposure bias: -0.3
metering: Pattern
flash: ON, -1, Beamer
tripod, Mongoose 3.5 head
The light was fading so I had to make the best of a bad situation. I'm not that happy with the head angle but this was the sharpest one I had. I cloned some branches from above the bird and did some selective sharpening around the eye before an overall sharpen at the end of processing. Reduced noise and did some burning and dodging to even out BG and highlights on perch.
Comments welcome.
40D, 500 mm f4, 1.4 tc
capture date: Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:07:45 PM
exposure program: Aperture Priority
ISO speed: 640
shutter speed: 1/125
aperture: f5.6
exposure bias: -0.3
metering: Pattern
flash: ON, -1, Beamer
tripod, Mongoose 3.5 head