Mongoose head
Camera Model Canon EOS 7D
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/800
Av( Aperture Value ) 7.1
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -2/3
ISO Speed 320
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode AI Servo AF
AF area select mode Zone AF
All comments welcome
02-16-2011, 11:00 AM
Kaustubh Deshpande
Nice pose, perch and BG. Liked the dramatic lighting as well. I am thinking you weren't expecting this one. Focus seems to be a bit behind the eye....SS not high enough to freeze the motion. I think there is also some room for the highlights to be toned down.
02-16-2011, 11:01 AM
Doug Brown
Like the pose and the perch Jon. Nice composition too. You don't quite have enough SS to pull off the shot though. The whites look a little hot, so you could have backed off to -1 EV. Bumping the ISO to 800, along with more negative EC would have given you an extra 1 2/3 stops of shutter speed.
02-16-2011, 11:13 AM
Jonathan Ashton
Thanks Kaustubh & Doug, I had a sneaky feeling that is what you were going to say. I agree entirely with your comments, I checked the histogram at the scene but of course by then it was too late, normally -0.67 does the trick but the light was quite bright today. Not all is lost I have some other shots at -1 and some at -0.67 that worked.:c3:
02-16-2011, 11:41 AM
James Salywoda
The motion hurt you here on this one Jon I do like the pose captured.
02-16-2011, 12:01 PM
Brendan Dozier
Nice pose and comp. Jon. and pleasant soft BG colors. Agree with others regarding SS and toning highlights a bit.
02-16-2011, 12:06 PM
Arthur Morris
Yes to an interesting pose and COMP. And yes to too much subject movement....