took this image this morning,before the heavy showers arrived,bit sick about not getting the feet,but you win some you lose some,cannon7d,400mm cannon prime lens,tripod,f/7.1,1/1600s,iso400,crop,touch of satand sharpening,ps raw.comments good or bad.thanks.
07-06-2011, 08:15 AM
Dumay de Boulle
Very nice IQ and textures, feet are not a deal breaker for me (but would be nice to see them in a perfect world). I would like to see a portrait crop to get away from the square crop. Nice looking image!
07-06-2011, 08:36 AM
Willem Verboom
I like the sharpness and the full and depth of the colors. What Dumay say about the portret crop sounds good too me also! There is one point more in this picture a small one but still,there is a small sharpening line under the beak. Thanks for sharing
07-06-2011, 11:17 AM
Daniel Cadieux
I was going to comment that I actually like the square composition in this case!:S3: I too would like to see the feet (or at least part of them), but still like it as is. Perfect look-back HA.
07-06-2011, 11:42 AM
Jim Crosswell
I like the sharpness, details, pose and BG. Well done Christopher.
07-06-2011, 12:42 PM
Sachin Saraf
Wow!
Fantastic Shot with great details on this one...I really like the look back HA as it helps capture most of the feather details.
07-06-2011, 05:50 PM
Karl Egressy
Some fantastic feather details shown here. Love the pose, perch and colours.
Which 400? I've got the have a lens you use. It looks soooo sharp.
07-06-2011, 10:56 PM
Craig Brelsford
I like the unusually attractive light on the wheatear. The lack of feet are also not a deal-breaker for me, but I'd like to see them just the same. Why were you "sick" about not getting the feet? Did you miss some opportunity to get the feet? I tend to save my anguish for the chances I blow, rather than spending it on opportunities that never arose.
07-07-2011, 03:32 AM
christopher galeski
Thankyou everybody for your comments,Karl,the lens I use,or should I say what I can aford at the moment,is a cannon EF 400MM F/5.6 L USM,Craig,its just saying I use if I have missed something that would have made the image better,and I cannot do anything about it.thanks again everybody for comments.
07-07-2011, 03:58 AM
Austin Thomas
Great detail, sharpness and HA.
i would explore the portrait option as well.
tfs
Austin
07-07-2011, 07:47 AM
Wynand van Wyk
Feather detail is fantastic, with an amazing background! Ditto on seeing the feet, but we can't have it all.
A super portrait!:S3:
07-07-2011, 07:08 PM
Michael Lotito
Wonderful detail and setting. Ditto on the feet.
Mike
07-08-2011, 12:49 PM
Nico Steenberg
Great sharp detail and good exposure. The bg is a killer !
07-09-2011, 04:38 AM
Chris Baker
Very nice indeed Chris, great light and detail. Haven't got a problem with the missing feet.