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Mark Schmitt
10-21-2008, 10:20 PM
A bird that is very common, but getting an image is not easy. Very wary, shy and nervouse.

Location: Wofford hts.
Conditions: summer/ very hot

EXIF
Camera: Canon 20D
Lense: Canon EF 100-400 IS L (effective focal length 400mm)
Mode: all settings manual
Metering: partial (evaluative)
Exposure: 1/250 @ f 6.3
Ev comp: +.33
ISO equivolent: 200
White balance: custom 5250 K
Hand held

Work flow: Adobe Lightroom 1.4 / Adobe CS2 Post process

Alfred Forns
10-22-2008, 06:59 AM
Excellent Mark !!! Sweet pose and bg !!! Wish the golden bg would have extended further up !!! Like it all Just fine for me !!! Big Congrats !!!

Raymond Barlow
10-24-2008, 01:00 PM
that is a cool shot of a neat bird., well done.