Stephen Stephen
10-08-2009, 08:50 PM
I created this image about nearly two weeks ago. I was out with Dan Cadieux and Wayne Wood. We were just getting ready to leave a local pond when I decided to spend a few more minutes trying to capture some images of our lone Brant Goose who has spent the summer, and now part of the fall at one of our parks.
He/she has fed alongside a number of larger Canada's throughout most of that time so getting any images of this bird alone is sometimes a struggle. I would have liked a lower angle but you're not allowed to get into the water at this pond plus the Canada's would have been visible in the background.
Taken around 11:00 a.m. just before I gave up for the morning so the light was quite harsh.
When I look at it as posted I now think that it could use some selective sharpening on the head. Do you think that I've cropped it too tightly?
Canon EOS 40D, Sigma 50-500mm at 266mm on Manfrotto monopod with fill flash. Cropped to about 70% of full frame.
1/800 sec, f/6.3 ISO Equiv.: 250
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s219/Squidcan/Birds3/Brant01.jpg
He/she has fed alongside a number of larger Canada's throughout most of that time so getting any images of this bird alone is sometimes a struggle. I would have liked a lower angle but you're not allowed to get into the water at this pond plus the Canada's would have been visible in the background.
Taken around 11:00 a.m. just before I gave up for the morning so the light was quite harsh.
When I look at it as posted I now think that it could use some selective sharpening on the head. Do you think that I've cropped it too tightly?
Canon EOS 40D, Sigma 50-500mm at 266mm on Manfrotto monopod with fill flash. Cropped to about 70% of full frame.
1/800 sec, f/6.3 ISO Equiv.: 250
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s219/Squidcan/Birds3/Brant01.jpg