Curlew #1

[Jay Gould]

Nothing like sitting waist deep in Tampa Bay shooting Curlews!

Camera: 7D
Capture date/time: 3 Oct 09; mid-day
Light condition: sunny & clear
Lens: 300 f/2.8
Focal length: 600mm
Extender: 2X
Tube: none
Flash/Comp: no;
ISO: 640
Exp Prog: Manual
Speed: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: f/8
Exp Comp: 0
Metering: Evaluative
WB: Auto
AF Drive: AI Servo
Tripod: Yes with Wimberley Sidekick
Filter: None
Crop: 25%
All C&Cs gratefully appreciated!

[arash_hazeghi]

Congrats Jay, beautiful with good HA. I would crop tighter and run NR on the BG. may need slight ccw rotation

[Jay Gould]

Thanks Arash - I am now playing with Pixel Genius Sharpener; next I will tackle a noise program - I have a few to chose from (Define, Noise Ninja, and Neat Image - can't decide which to try first :-) ) Also, when I take on noise reduction I then take on running the program only on the background - another lesson to be learned. Cheers,

[Aidan Briggs]

Hey Jay. Nice low angle, exposure, and HA. I agree with Arash about the noise and rotation. If you have Photoshop, the noise reduction, and sharpening programs work very well there. A few rounds of smart sharpen work very well on web jpegs. You might want to check the ER forum, there are some good threads on noise and sharpening there.

Hope your trip was good, and keep them coming!

[David Hemmings]

Nice angle and light Jay. I would recommend Neat image personally :)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, light and eye contact. Another vote for NR on the BG and I would sharpen the bird a tad more. I might also crop a bit off the bottom.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Nice low angle and detail in the bird. I might take some off the right side.

[Harshad Barve]

excellent capture Jay , lovely pose , nice compo and exposure here , was waiting for you images
NR mentioned and agreed
TFS

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Agree with the above comments. Love the low angle and excellent detail Jay. thanks for sharing.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the angle, nice light, details and the water colour adds well here sir... congrats..