Richard Lovison
04-09-2009, 02:59 PM
http://richardlovison.com/photos/heron2.jpg
© reserved 2009, Richard Lovison
I know, I know. :) The lighting was harsh, too far away from subject (the image is a crop, one third the size of full frame), a little soft, little detail in the feathers and the closest wing's detail is lost in shadow. I thought I'd submit the image anyway, just to share the experience.
I revisited a heron rookery after a one year absence. This time there were only two nests as one was destroyed in the last ice storm. When I arrived, two herons quickly flew off... one out of sight and the other flew to the far side of the pond and perched in a tall tree. I waited patiently for 2 hours for the one to return to the nest that was only 100 feet or so from me but no such luck. Just as I was going to pack up, the one left the tree and I quickly shot off 5 frames in succession. This was the best of the three.
Camera Info:
Olympus E-3; Takahashi FC-60 refractor telescope with rack and pinion focusing (1000mm 35mm focal length); 1/1000 sec @ f8; manual exposure; manual focusing; tripod; cable release
RAW Conversion:
Olympus Studio 2 software; 6100K, -1 tint (Takahashi is color shifted toward blue); contrast 0; saturation 0; sharpening -2; aRGB color space
CS2 Info:
Cropped about 1/3rd of full frame; Curves adjustment; color balance adjustment; Nik pre and output sharpening; converted to sRGB
© reserved 2009, Richard Lovison
I know, I know. :) The lighting was harsh, too far away from subject (the image is a crop, one third the size of full frame), a little soft, little detail in the feathers and the closest wing's detail is lost in shadow. I thought I'd submit the image anyway, just to share the experience.
I revisited a heron rookery after a one year absence. This time there were only two nests as one was destroyed in the last ice storm. When I arrived, two herons quickly flew off... one out of sight and the other flew to the far side of the pond and perched in a tall tree. I waited patiently for 2 hours for the one to return to the nest that was only 100 feet or so from me but no such luck. Just as I was going to pack up, the one left the tree and I quickly shot off 5 frames in succession. This was the best of the three.
Camera Info:
Olympus E-3; Takahashi FC-60 refractor telescope with rack and pinion focusing (1000mm 35mm focal length); 1/1000 sec @ f8; manual exposure; manual focusing; tripod; cable release
RAW Conversion:
Olympus Studio 2 software; 6100K, -1 tint (Takahashi is color shifted toward blue); contrast 0; saturation 0; sharpening -2; aRGB color space
CS2 Info:
Cropped about 1/3rd of full frame; Curves adjustment; color balance adjustment; Nik pre and output sharpening; converted to sRGB