John Chardine
09-10-2008, 07:43 PM
Earlier this summer a friend and I decided to try to capture Ospreys feeding in a local river. The birds cooperated. This one is hovering (I am sure this is true hovering and not just "kiting" in the wind) and its gaze if fixed on a fish in the water below- hence little eye contact possible.
This is a heavy crop of the original image. The eye was in shadow so I brightened it up a little (Levels after quick mask) and increased the saturation to bring out the colour. Not sure in this case whether a little more room at the bottom would be better as the bird is looking down and about to plummet.
40D. 500mm f4, 1.4 tc = 700mm
capture date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 4:27:11 PM
exposure program: Manual
ISO speed: 400
shutter speed: 1/1250
aperture: f6.3
exposure bias: +0.0
metering: Pattern
This is a heavy crop of the original image. The eye was in shadow so I brightened it up a little (Levels after quick mask) and increased the saturation to bring out the colour. Not sure in this case whether a little more room at the bottom would be better as the bird is looking down and about to plummet.
40D. 500mm f4, 1.4 tc = 700mm
capture date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 4:27:11 PM
exposure program: Manual
ISO speed: 400
shutter speed: 1/1250
aperture: f6.3
exposure bias: +0.0
metering: Pattern