This is the frame prior to my previous posting. I like this one more but for some reason the other one caught my eye first when processing quickly the other day.
Taken with my new equipment...loving it! :bg3:
Techs:
Nikon D3s with 500mm f4 VR-II + 1.4TC @ 700mm
f5.6 @ 1/3200 SS @ ISO-1600
08-10-2011, 03:20 PM
Dumay de Boulle
Great wing position mate...But the head looks OOF. Like the blue sky BG!
08-10-2011, 03:34 PM
Morkel Erasmus
Thanks Dumay. Have to admit critical focus is more on the wing than the head...still need to get used to working with the DOF on the 500mm...should have stopped down to f7.1 or f8 in hindsight.
Sharpened the head some more now...:e3
08-10-2011, 05:48 PM
gail bisson
Great blue gray BG and I love the wing spread. Agree with above,
Gail
08-10-2011, 06:48 PM
Randy Stout
Morkel:
Well exposed, nice colors, interesting pose.
Agree about the DOF issue. It is tough when a fairly large bird like this turns towards you, just not possible to get it all in focus, and easy to have the focus slip to the larger mass, wings or body, and not the relatively small head!
Glad you are having fun with the new gear. That is one great set up.
Cheers
Randy
08-10-2011, 08:29 PM
noelle zaleski
Love the wings on this one! Great looking bird Morkel :S3:
08-10-2011, 11:56 PM
arash_hazeghi
great dynamic pose and nice light, bummer with the DOF these huge birds are a challenge to get inside the dof at f/5.6. Even f/8 wouldn't be enough at close distance, I'd just take the TC off and crop more with D3S and noise-free files cropping is a piece of cake ;)
08-11-2011, 12:25 AM
Brendan Dozier
Awesome looking flight pose, Morkel, nice capture, and BG works well.
08-11-2011, 03:10 AM
Rudi van den Heever
Look great this big Morkel! Lovely pose!:S3:
08-11-2011, 05:15 AM
Vivaldo Damilano
Morkel I have also noticed that I get much sharper images without a converter. I do rather crop later as Arash suggested but we all need reach at times ESP for smaller birds. The DOF is also shallower on full frame camera's compaired to a croped camera. I at times miss my D300 but never really used it much :w3
Super shot of this species, like the pose very much.
08-11-2011, 06:46 AM
Jim Crosswell
Nice image Morkel. I like the wing position and BG.
08-11-2011, 12:38 PM
Morkel Erasmus
Thanks for the comments and suggestions everyone! Will have to get out some more to get better acquainted with the characteristics of my new toys...:Whoa!:
08-11-2011, 12:43 PM
Kaustubh Deshpande
Morkel, good advice above. with that angle of such large bird that close, wide-open will not cut it. Still...a very nice picture. really liked the wrap-around wing position.
08-11-2011, 02:42 PM
Stu Bowie
Congrats on your new toy mate, and a fantastic flight pose to go with it. Love the wing position, together with the feather detail.
08-12-2011, 09:44 AM
Arthur Morris
As presented, the face and eye are sharp enough for me and sharp enough to sell. Spectacular bird and pose. EXP spot on.