Arthur Morris
09-06-2011, 11:02 AM
This image was created last Sunday as I lay prone in the damp sand behind my the tripod-mounted (legs fully splayed) Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/542293-REG/Canon_2746B002AA_EF_800mm_f_5_6L_IS.html/BI/6633/KBID/7226) with the 1.4X III TC (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?<br /> Ntt=canon+EF+Extender+1.4X+III&N=0&InitialSearch=yesBI/6633/KBID/7226) and the EOS-1D Mark IV (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/656378-REG/Canon_3822B002_EOS_1D_Mark_IV.html/BI/6633/KBID/7226). ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 2/3 stops: 1/80 sec. at f/8 in Manual mode. Central sensor/rear-focus AI Servo AF and re-compose. Lens/TC/camera body Micro-adjustment (https://store.birdsasart.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=304): 0.
After photographing swarms of migrant swallows with the 70-200 f/2.8L IS II and the 1.4X III TC I switched tracks and made a few images of the single birds. For the whole story story with three more images see "Another Sunday, Another Storm at Nickerson."
(http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/2011/09/04/another-sunday-another-storm-at-nickerson-which-is-your-fave/)
I should have mentioned that this is a molting juvenile Tree Swallow. Thanks a stack to Denise Ippolito who taught me a new Photoshop trick: she suggested toning down the dark BKGR lumps with a 20% Opacity (50% hardness as usual) Clone Stamp Tool. It worked like a charm.
After photographing swarms of migrant swallows with the 70-200 f/2.8L IS II and the 1.4X III TC I switched tracks and made a few images of the single birds. For the whole story story with three more images see "Another Sunday, Another Storm at Nickerson."
(http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/2011/09/04/another-sunday-another-storm-at-nickerson-which-is-your-fave/)
I should have mentioned that this is a molting juvenile Tree Swallow. Thanks a stack to Denise Ippolito who taught me a new Photoshop trick: she suggested toning down the dark BKGR lumps with a 20% Opacity (50% hardness as usual) Clone Stamp Tool. It worked like a charm.