Morkel Erasmus
11-10-2009, 12:12 AM
These sandgrouse frequent a waterhole in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in large numbers. They keep landing, splashing, taking off, flying in a wide arc and entering the waterhole from the same side.
I had a tough task capturing specific ones in focus, and liked how this came out.
Own critique is that the male in front isn't as sharp as the female, and I applied selective sharpening to remedy that. I should have stopped down to f8.0 since I had the SS.
All comments appreciated...
Techs:
Canon 40D with 100-400 L IS USM @ 400mm
f5.6 @ 1/6400 SS @ ISO-500
Exp +0.3
I had a tough task capturing specific ones in focus, and liked how this came out.
Own critique is that the male in front isn't as sharp as the female, and I applied selective sharpening to remedy that. I should have stopped down to f8.0 since I had the SS.
All comments appreciated...
Techs:
Canon 40D with 100-400 L IS USM @ 400mm
f5.6 @ 1/6400 SS @ ISO-500
Exp +0.3