Arthur Morris
08-23-2016, 06:28 PM
This image was created at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Thursday morning past while I was with private client and multiple IPT veteran Elizabeth MacSwann. I sat behind my Induro (https://www.outdoorphotogear.com/search.php?search_query=indurogrand&rfsn=132487.5cf37.9906) GIT 304L/Mongoose M3.6 (http://birdsasart-shop.com/mongoose-action-head/)-mountedCanon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/754508-REG/Canon_5125B002_EF_600mm_f_4L_IS.html/BI/6633/KBID/7226/kw/CA6004LIFEF2/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xCA6004LIFEF2) the Canon Extender EF 2X III, (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/732111-USA/Canon_4410B002_Extender_EF_2X_III.html/BI/6633/KBID/7226/kw/CA2XEF3/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xCA2XEF3) and the fast, rugged Canon EOS-1D X Mark II with 64GB Card and Reader. (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1221604-REG/canon_0931c016_eos_1d_x_mark_ii.html/BI/6633/KBID/7226/kw/CAE1DX2K/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xCAE1DX2K) ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/400 sec. at f/9 in Manual mode. Cloudy WB.
Lower center Zone/Shutter Button AF as originally framed was active at the moment of exposure; the five active AF points were (incorrectly, due to operator error) on the bird’s neck. As sharpest focus was on the neck, past the plane of the eye, I replaced the eye and a few head feathers using source material from a sharp frame in the series. Click on the image to see a larger version.
LensAlign/FocusTune micro-adjustment = +5.
Semipalmated Sandpiper dispute (both in fresh juvenal plumage).
Don't be shy; all comments are welcome.
What I would really like to know if do you think that the wing of the second bird (that is actually running away from the attacking bird) is a huge distraction or that it completes the story. Or somewhere in between. You can learn a bit more in the The Next Frame (or Not?)... blog post http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/2016/08/23/the-next-frame-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1737424http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/2016/08/23/the-next-frame-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1737424
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Lower center Zone/Shutter Button AF as originally framed was active at the moment of exposure; the five active AF points were (incorrectly, due to operator error) on the bird’s neck. As sharpest focus was on the neck, past the plane of the eye, I replaced the eye and a few head feathers using source material from a sharp frame in the series. Click on the image to see a larger version.
LensAlign/FocusTune micro-adjustment = +5.
Semipalmated Sandpiper dispute (both in fresh juvenal plumage).
Don't be shy; all comments are welcome.
What I would really like to know if do you think that the wing of the second bird (that is actually running away from the attacking bird) is a huge distraction or that it completes the story. Or somewhere in between. You can learn a bit more in the The Next Frame (or Not?)... blog post http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/2016/08/23/the-next-frame-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1737424http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/2016/08/23/the-next-frame-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1737424
a