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Sid Garige
03-02-2010, 08:16 PM
From Gatorland last weekend
Canon 7D, 500mm F4+1.4x
1/2500 F5.6
580EX at +2
http://luminepixels.com/tmp/gatorland-205.jpg
Jeff Parker
03-02-2010, 08:52 PM
The background is striking! I would like the head a touch more this way, but this is a wonderful image.
Jackie Schuknecht
03-02-2010, 09:02 PM
The detail in the whites are super and the streaks in the BG I find add to the appeal of the image.
Troy Lim
03-02-2010, 10:01 PM
Awesome BG, oh my god, +2 flash and still get great details. Hmmmmmmm. Was it dark?
Sid Garige
03-02-2010, 10:08 PM
Awesome BG, oh my god, +2 flash and still get great details. Hmmmmmmm. Was it dark?

Tory,
Image was made at around 3.00PM and I used flash in fill flash mode.

Strong ambient light will produce harsh shadows and you have to use more flash power to suppress harsh shadows.
Also distance is another consideration.
Troy Lim
03-02-2010, 10:10 PM
Tory,
Image was made at around 3.00PM and I used flash in fill flash mode.

Strong ambient light will produce harsh shadows and you have to use more flash power to suppress harsh shadows.
Also distance is another consideration.


I assumed you shot with better beamer? Thank you for your tip. I need to get my bracket so I can use better beamer too.
Sid Garige
03-02-2010, 10:14 PM
I assumed you shot with better beamer? Thank you for your tip. I need to get my bracket so I can use better beamer too.
Tory,
Yes, shot with better beamer.
RakeshDhareshwar
03-02-2010, 11:41 PM
Phenomenal use of the flash to get this one . Classy BG and great details in the whites !!!
Martin Wallis
03-03-2010, 12:51 AM
Stunning image, whites are perfect and detail faultless. Love the comp HA & BG
Kiran Poonacha
03-03-2010, 02:50 AM
Great expo Sid Bhai, loved the effected of the BG too...
Harshad Barve
03-03-2010, 07:01 AM
Sweet exposure Sid , lovely BG
TFS
Mike Tracy
03-03-2010, 07:42 AM
I like every aspect of this. The streaking background tops it off.
Don Lacy
03-03-2010, 09:42 AM
Wonderful image Sid the BG set it apart, well done
Mike Godwin
03-03-2010, 08:13 PM
You nailed it Sid... Great Job! Detail and exposure is spot on, and while the neck and body are joined, there is still defined seperation. Background makes this special... gotta love that Gatorland light! :)

Had a great time at dinner, thanks again to the both of you!
Danny J Brown
03-05-2010, 09:51 PM
Fantastic shot, Sid!