Daniel Cadieux
02-26-2011, 09:51 AM
Taken early morning at the Venice Rookery in Florida. That place was much more productive than what recent reports say!
When I saw this guy perched nicely on the branches I knew I had to go around it, closer, and go for some silhouettes as the sun was still very low and the sky still orange-ish. Besides, the front-lit view was too far and cluttered. After a few nice frames of it perched comfortably I noticed it raising its neck alertly...a sure sign of take-off. I composed wider (love zooms for that!) to give it some room to fly into, and even so it was too close to the edge of the frame and had to add some canvas both at left and top. Perhaps even more is needed, but I'm comfortable with the tweaked comp as is with e branches balancing it out in LRC.
Canon 1D MKIV + 100-400L + 1.4TC @510mm, aperture priority, evaluative metering, 1/8000s., f/11, ISO 800, -1.3 EC, handheld.
When I saw this guy perched nicely on the branches I knew I had to go around it, closer, and go for some silhouettes as the sun was still very low and the sky still orange-ish. Besides, the front-lit view was too far and cluttered. After a few nice frames of it perched comfortably I noticed it raising its neck alertly...a sure sign of take-off. I composed wider (love zooms for that!) to give it some room to fly into, and even so it was too close to the edge of the frame and had to add some canvas both at left and top. Perhaps even more is needed, but I'm comfortable with the tweaked comp as is with e branches balancing it out in LRC.
Canon 1D MKIV + 100-400L + 1.4TC @510mm, aperture priority, evaluative metering, 1/8000s., f/11, ISO 800, -1.3 EC, handheld.