Laughing Gull Frenzy at Sanibel Lighthouse

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01-11-2010, 06:20 PM
Bob Pelkey

Laughing Gull Frenzy at Sanibel Lighthouse

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<TABLE cellPadding=1 width=450 align=center border=1><TBODY><TR><TD class=lid noWrap>Date/Time</TD><TD class=lid>23-Oct-2009 10:05:24</TD></TR><TR><TD class=lid noWrap>Make</TD><TD class=lid>Canon</TD></TR><TR><TD class=lid noWrap>Model</TD><TD class=lid>Canon EOS 5D Mark II</TD></TR><TR><TD class=lid noWrap>Flash Used</TD><TD class=lid>No</TD></TR><TR><TD class=lid noWrap>Focal Length</TD><TD class=lid>840 mm</TD></TR><TR><TD class=lid noWrap>Exposure Time</TD><TD class=lid>1/3200 sec</TD></TR><TR><TD class=lid noWrap>Aperture</TD><TD class=lid>f/5.6</TD></TR><TR><TD class=lid noWrap>ISO Equivalent</TD><TD class=lid>200</TD></TR><TR><TD class=lid noWrap>Exposure Bias</TD><TD class=lid>+1/3</TD></TR><TR><TD class=lid noWrap>White Balance</TD><TD class=lid></TD></TR><TR><TD class=lid noWrap>Metering Mode</TD><TD class=lid>matrix (5)</TD></TR><TR><TD class=lid noWrap>JPEG Quality</TD><TD class=lid></TD></TR><TR><TD class=lid noWrap>Exposure Program</TD><TD class=lid>aperture priority (3)</TD></TR><TR><TD class=lid noWrap>Focus Distance</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Cropped, sharpened, lightened, tripod used.
01-11-2010, 07:14 PM
Phil Ertel

Hi Bob, Nice action you capture. The pose of the bird with the fish is amusing. It appears to me that the birds are under exposed. From the look of the sky I would have dialed in at least 1 1/3 exposure compensation if not more. You could try and lighten it up but what out for noise. Thanks for sharing.
01-11-2010, 09:20 PM
Axel Hildebrandt

The captured action looks great, too bad it is backlit. If your original is RAW, I would try to remove the chromatic aberration and maybe try to lighten the birds some more.
01-12-2010, 04:01 AM
arash_hazeghi

This is very sweet action you captured here, it is really amazing you got three of them in focus and in great pose. it sure deserve big credit :) However IQ as presented will prevent this image from going to the top, birds are somewhat dark and CA is very pronounced as noted by Axel. If you have the RAW, start from scratch and see if you can bring up the exposure, remove the CA and do better sharpening. TFS
01-12-2010, 04:10 AM
Hendri Venter

I like the action and posture of the front bird. 1 - 1 1/3 over exposure would def have helped with the detail and would also give you a nice high key BG.