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Southern Red Bishop near Cape Town, South Africa.
That red color goes off the charts so easily; some curves and a very light cool filter helped to tone it down a little, will really appreciate any comments.
Canon 1D MkIII, Canon EF 800 f/5.6 L, 1/400 @ f/5.6, ISO 200
Thanks for looking and a happy 2010 to all,
Welcome to BPN, Ignacio! Very nice first post. I like the sharpness, angle, eye contact and particularly the background. I might put the bird a little bit further to the right in the frame, desaturate the reds a few points and try to get some details in the blacks. As presented they are blocked. Keep them coming!
I absolutely love that background, really stellar. Nice vertical comp. I agree with above points - a little desaturation on the reds and more detail in the blacks. Great first image!
Welcome, Ignacio. You've chosen a good image of a difficult bird to start with. Nice and sharp and lovely BG. Good advice above re reds and blacks. Good links here http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=29869
http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=29761
I would be tempted to use ISO 400 as a base ISO to gain some SS or DOF depending on the subject. Looking forward to more of your pictures.
Realy nice first post wish i had this in my collection neet looking bird
Thanks for the comments and the links. In fact the reds are significantly desaturated as it is; trying to recover detail from the black made it look a little washed-out IMO, and lose a little of the jet-black quality I like so much in these birds, but I'll try again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony Whitehead
Is there a glossary anywhere in the website for abbreviations? DOF I know, but SS?
Thanks again,
Beautiful bird, dramatic colors, wonderful bg. Recrop with the subject farther to the right and that would make it even better.
Ted
Bienvenido a bordo Ignacio :)
SS= Shutter Speed. We have an acronym list in the following link http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=54767
