Wheeler McDougal Jr.
07-02-2017, 04:15 PM
I find these birds extremely difficult to photograph on the wing. This one I was lucky enough to get as it was getting ready to land which is why the legs and feet are in a seemingly strange position. I have been trying to use a different camera than my Nikon D5 because the D5 is extremely heavy and at my age (77) it is quite hard on my shoulders and back. I love the D5 and really don't want to give it up as I consider it best of the best, but I have not found a way of reversing the aging process, so I have been trying several smaller cameras and have selected the Olympus OM-D E-M1 mk II with a 300mm F/4 lens with which this image was taken. I did a little PP which was the removal of a bit of noise, as the Olympus is a noisier camera because of the sensor size is about half the size of the D5's. Other than that very little PP was done. All opinions of the image will be welcome and any opinions of the camera setup will be appreciated. Shooting numbers are below:
Olympus OM-D E-M1 mk II
2017:06:22 13:00:20
40-150mm @ 150mm
300mm (in 35mm film)
1/2500 sec, f/2.8
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: +1/3
ISO: 1600
White balance: Cloudy
Flash: Off
File size: 18.6MB
Image size: 2163 x 1489
Color space: AdobeRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Color profile: ProPhoto RGB
Olympus OM-D E-M1 mk II
2017:06:22 13:00:20
40-150mm @ 150mm
300mm (in 35mm film)
1/2500 sec, f/2.8
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: +1/3
ISO: 1600
White balance: Cloudy
Flash: Off
File size: 18.6MB
Image size: 2163 x 1489
Color space: AdobeRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Color profile: ProPhoto RGB