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Another from my growing Kookaburra collection. This bird had just got a worm for lunch and was taking off for another hunting perch. I am just beginning to get the hang of this BIF caper but have a long way to go yet. I am wondering whether the 7D would get and hold focus better. About 50% crop.
50D 100-400 @ 180 1/2000 f5 iso250
Colin:
Very nice pose, angle in frame, exposure.
Light was fairly contrasty, but you did well on the bird.
This would have been even better against a more complimentary background. The grass has lots of areas of contrast/edges that are a bit distracting. I might also consider going to a bit more of a pano crop and eliminating the shadows above.
Do you have any good frames in the series where the bird is higher off the ground?
BIF is certainly a learning experience!
Randy
The first thing I thought was this would be cool if you had shot from a much lower angle, but not sure how the bg would look. The shadowy area at top is a bit distracting, maybe crop it out? Nevertheless, nice work capturing this bird in flight so well.
Thankyou for taking the time to comment- I really do learn something useful every time I post here :)
Captured nice and sharply, pretty harsh sunlight you were working with too by the looks of things so well done there as well. Just a quick question, are you using a filter (UV) on your lens? Or perhaps a lens protecter? The grass in the BG seems a bit strange:confused:
Yes Paul, I have a UV filter on purely for lens protection, makes me feel better at least. What is the effect that you see? I'll rip it off if it's doing damage to my imagesQuote:
Originally Posted by Paul Randall
The effect is very subtle but I can normally pick it a mile off. It creates a slightly crystalised effect on BGs that reflect a bit of light like blades of grass in full sun shown in your image.
It can also effect contrast in images where the sun is hitting the front element.
I used a UV for the first couple of months with my 400mm f5.6 and it had a considerable effect on a lot of my images. I would suggest taking it off and just using your lens hood for front element protection instead.
Here are a few links to images that had filter problems and my responses to them:)
http://http://www.birdingoz.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3532&p=28027&hilit=UV+filter+l ens+protector#p28027
http://www.birdingoz.com.au/forums/v...otector#p20771
Thanks Paul, I'll remove it and see the difference!
