Connie Mier
07-31-2009, 05:15 PM
Shot on Chokoloskee Bay, Everglades. I visited this pelican rookery a few times to watch these young ones grow. On this day, many of them were testing their wings and the one here with wingspread took off shortly afterwards and circled around a bit.
Sony a700, Minolta 300mm, 1.4XTC
1/1600, ISO200, f5.6, spot metered off the water. In PP, I did two major things, increased exposure +.67 and cloned out two cormorants that would not take a bribe to move for the shot. No cropping used. If I had to do it again I would have compensated +EV and probably use evaluative metering, and opened up to f8 or more to get the right bird more in focus (with ISO 400). What do you all think?
Connie
Sony a700, Minolta 300mm, 1.4XTC
1/1600, ISO200, f5.6, spot metered off the water. In PP, I did two major things, increased exposure +.67 and cloned out two cormorants that would not take a bribe to move for the shot. No cropping used. If I had to do it again I would have compensated +EV and probably use evaluative metering, and opened up to f8 or more to get the right bird more in focus (with ISO 400). What do you all think?
Connie