Stephen Stephen
04-11-2010, 10:08 PM
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I created this image yesterday when my friend Jim Cumming and I visited a heron colony about 30 minutes south of Ottawa. We ran into 5 friends there who had had the same idea.
Unlike the Venice Rookery and other locations heron colonies here are difficult to approach. The bird was flying past a large OOF branch when I captured this frame but it had the best wing position of the series so I decided to try and save it.
The under wings are dark but I chose not to use any fill flash because some birds had already begun to sit on eggs.
Image cropped to about 80% of full frame. OOF branch removed and Topaz Denoise applied to background. It looked fine at first but now I think that it could use a bit more selective sharpening.
Canon EOS 40D and Sigma 50-500mm at 500mm Handheld. Exposure - 1/1000 seconds, F 6.30, ISO 250
Flash - Flash not fired, compulsory flash mode
I created this image yesterday when my friend Jim Cumming and I visited a heron colony about 30 minutes south of Ottawa. We ran into 5 friends there who had had the same idea.
Unlike the Venice Rookery and other locations heron colonies here are difficult to approach. The bird was flying past a large OOF branch when I captured this frame but it had the best wing position of the series so I decided to try and save it.
The under wings are dark but I chose not to use any fill flash because some birds had already begun to sit on eggs.
Image cropped to about 80% of full frame. OOF branch removed and Topaz Denoise applied to background. It looked fine at first but now I think that it could use a bit more selective sharpening.
Canon EOS 40D and Sigma 50-500mm at 500mm Handheld. Exposure - 1/1000 seconds, F 6.30, ISO 250
Flash - Flash not fired, compulsory flash mode