Stephen Stephen
04-03-2009, 05:55 AM
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I created this image of another life list addition while awaiting the morning start of our white water rafting trip down the Pacaure River. I spotted this female going in and out of a hole in the truck of a dead palm tree in the farmer's field adjacent to the Rio Tropicales Operations Center. She's blocking the view of nest hole with her body in this image.
The angle was steep and I couldn't get any closer because the field was fenced off with barbed wire. Nevertheless I had good morning light despite the fact that the bird moved into the shadow occasionally. This was image had the best head turn but is was one where I didn't use any fill flash. Unfortunately the fungus just above her head intersects the bill. I decided to leave it the frame but perhaps I should have cloned out the lower portion.
Canon 40D, Sigma 50-500mm, ISO 640, 1/1600 sec, F7.1 - A big crop here at ~ 30% of full frame. Perhaps a bit more noise reduction in the BG is needed as well.
I created this image of another life list addition while awaiting the morning start of our white water rafting trip down the Pacaure River. I spotted this female going in and out of a hole in the truck of a dead palm tree in the farmer's field adjacent to the Rio Tropicales Operations Center. She's blocking the view of nest hole with her body in this image.
The angle was steep and I couldn't get any closer because the field was fenced off with barbed wire. Nevertheless I had good morning light despite the fact that the bird moved into the shadow occasionally. This was image had the best head turn but is was one where I didn't use any fill flash. Unfortunately the fungus just above her head intersects the bill. I decided to leave it the frame but perhaps I should have cloned out the lower portion.
Canon 40D, Sigma 50-500mm, ISO 640, 1/1600 sec, F7.1 - A big crop here at ~ 30% of full frame. Perhaps a bit more noise reduction in the BG is needed as well.