Shaolin Kungfu

[Troy Lim]

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Camera: Nikon D700
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/2000)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 500 mm
ISO Speed: 160
Exposure Bias: -1 EV
Flash: No Flash

[arash_hazeghi]

nice exposure and details, good landing pose. Again I would brighten the primary tips to avoid merging with BG.
TFS

[Troy Lim]

nice exposure and details, good landing pose. Again I would brighten the primary tips to avoid merging with BG.
TFS

I am not sure how. :) Any tips? I have dodged some.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Troy Forgot to give it a try on the home computer, will do so tonight see if I can come up with a difference !!!

Liking these very much !! ... btw the look on those guys can rival the ospreys :)

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice landing pose.
It will be interesting to see if the tips can be lightened more without looking unreal.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Troy, Well handled! Good light,detail,muted backround and well positioned within the frame. The tips shouldn't be that difficult to bring up a small amount. I think thats all it needs. Otherwise well handled!!

[Bill Dix]

Great landing pose and expression. Nice exposure of the whites. A real winner if the wingtips can be handled -- I'm eager to see the result.

[David Stephens]

Great pose and handling of the strong light on white feathers. I'm anxious to see if the tips can be brought out more.

[Fabs Forns]

Very graceful landing pose and perfect whites. Wish you could get some green out of the upper right corner as not to loose the wing tips. Way to go.
Used Viveza to lighten BG a bit, better done in the bigger version as to mask the wingtips.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Troy - love the landing pose - well handled - exposure looks good.
Agree with the above comments.
Good one!!

[Troy Lim]

Thank you everyone.
Fab, appreciate the tips. I will give it a shot. The tips looks normal, just like with light reflected on it.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Troy Tried working on the tips and didn't come up with anything different from Fabs The tips are so close to the bg is hard to separate !!! Just lighten the tips or darken the bg further !!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Congrats Troy,great landing capture. Love the eye contact.
Great re post Fabs.

[Troy Lim]

Thank you all.
So the next question is. On a situation like this, bright sun, I would say after 9am, is there a way to properly exposed with the tips? I only had to do a minimal adjustment on the whites, very close to out of camera.

Maybe better beamer for fill flash?

[Troy Lim]

Here is the repost
http://troylimphotography.smugmug.com/photos/894901242_FUjXT-XL.jpg