Bill Dix
12-02-2009, 05:06 PM
D90; 80-400 VR @ 400mm; ISO 400, 1/4000s @ f/6.3; Matrix metering @ -1.0 EV. Pelicans at 1/1250 @ f/6.3, 110mm.
I sat on a Sanibel beach shooting hundreds of pelican flight shots the other evening, hoping one would fly across the fiery sunset. They flew over it or beneath it, but never where I told them to go. So I took matters into my own hands and pasted a few pelicans into a tele shot of the sinking sun. I thought of posting this on the OOTB forum but figured I'd share it here. In-camera exposure and RAW conversion were sheer guesswork, and despite greatly de-saturating the reds this came out redder than the actual sunset, although the real one was spectacular enough. C&C appreciated.
I sat on a Sanibel beach shooting hundreds of pelican flight shots the other evening, hoping one would fly across the fiery sunset. They flew over it or beneath it, but never where I told them to go. So I took matters into my own hands and pasted a few pelicans into a tele shot of the sinking sun. I thought of posting this on the OOTB forum but figured I'd share it here. In-camera exposure and RAW conversion were sheer guesswork, and despite greatly de-saturating the reds this came out redder than the actual sunset, although the real one was spectacular enough. C&C appreciated.