John Chardine
12-01-2008, 02:05 PM
This dainty North America endemic species breeds in trees in the boreal forest and migrates south through various "hotspot" areas of Canada and the US, feeding as they go. I work around Deer Island, New Brunswick, and this species is there in the 1000s in August and September, feeding on krill and herring. This is the basic, winter plumage of the species. In breeding plumage they show a striking black head.
Composition out of the camera was too far to the right so I added canvas and water to the left to give the birds more room. Robert O'Toole's APTATS techniques were used. Pity the two in the water are lined up like soldiers! I ran some NR on the BG and boosted the blue and red channel saturation a little.
Canon EOS 40D, 70-200 f4 IS, 1.4 tcII @ 280mm
capture date: Friday, September 12, 2008 11:31:55 AM
exposure program: Manual
ISO speed: 640
shutter speed: 1/2000
aperture: f8.0
exposure bias: +0.0
metering: Pattern
flash: OFF
Composition out of the camera was too far to the right so I added canvas and water to the left to give the birds more room. Robert O'Toole's APTATS techniques were used. Pity the two in the water are lined up like soldiers! I ran some NR on the BG and boosted the blue and red channel saturation a little.
Canon EOS 40D, 70-200 f4 IS, 1.4 tcII @ 280mm
capture date: Friday, September 12, 2008 11:31:55 AM
exposure program: Manual
ISO speed: 640
shutter speed: 1/2000
aperture: f8.0
exposure bias: +0.0
metering: Pattern
flash: OFF