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Jonathan Ashton
02-21-2020, 12:31 PM
Keoladeo India, image hand held.

Olympus E-M1X
Metering mode : Pattern
Exposure program : Manual
Shutter speed : 1/1250 sec
Aperture : F5.6
ISO 1250
Exposure bias : +1.7 EV
Lens focal length : 420 mm
Focal length in 35 mm film : 841.0mm
Flash : OFF

ACR & PSCC 2020
Randy Stout
02-21-2020, 12:42 PM
Jon:

You did a great job getting such a clean shot through the foliage, without much overlap. Like the color matching of the yellow flowers and the birds beak. Fairly steep shooting angle, but the framing with the bird lower in the frame helps reduce that effect. Well exposed.

Cheers

Randy
Bill Dix
02-21-2020, 03:37 PM
Nice balancing pose. Ditto the color-coordinated beak and flowers. Thanks for sharing.
Jonathan Ashton
02-21-2020, 04:13 PM
Jon:

You did a great job getting such a clean shot through the foliage, without much overlap. Like the color matching of the yellow flowers and the birds beak. Fairly steep shooting angle, but the framing with the bird lower in the frame helps reduce that effect. Well exposed.

Cheers

Randy

Randy its just about the only one I got!!
Krishna Prasad kotti
02-21-2020, 05:54 PM
Nice Image. I think we can raise the exposure of the frame protecting the whites or Dodge selectively on the greens and background colors.

TFS
John Mack
02-21-2020, 06:28 PM
The gap in the tree helped this one. Like the view of those long legs. Detail on this one looks quite nice.
Jonathan Ashton
02-22-2020, 02:44 AM
Nice Image. I think we can raise the exposure of the frame protecting the whites or Dodge selectively on the greens and background colors.

TFS

Yes........... but I lowered them deliberately so they did not compete with the crane.
Dorian Anderson
02-22-2020, 10:07 AM
Super fun subject! Technically the subject is well exposed and shows some very nice detail on the raised wings, but the shooting angle combines with the
lack of direct eye contact (and no catchlight) to render the shot short on engagement. I agree with the decision to knock-down the exposure on the bush
to make the bird stand out.
Jonathan Ashton
02-22-2020, 11:02 AM
Super fun subject! Technically the subject is well exposed and shows some very nice detail on the raised wings, but the shooting angle combines with the
lack of direct eye contact (and no catchlight) to render the shot short on engagement. I agree with the decision to knock-down the exposure on the bush
to make the bird stand out.

I agree on the shortcomings, but they did not play ball with me - not once in 3 days!