I shot this image at the Viera Wetlands the other day as this Snowy Egret was hunting for something to eat. I'm not much on these kind of creatures, but this one was obviously fighting for it's life, which I beleive he lost. I would like your thoughts on this image. Shooting data is as follows:
Nikon D3S
2012:03:06 11:54:13
850mm
850mm (in 35mm film)
Subject dist: 11.9m
1/640 sec, f/5.6
Mode: Manual
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: -1/3
ISO: 200
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
File size: 133MB
Image size: 2403 x 1927
Color space: sRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Color profile: sRGB IEC61966-2.1
03-07-2012, 11:24 PM
Troy Lim
Great moment captured, something went wrong with the PP, quality is not good.
What did you do to the shot? Was it a big crop?
03-07-2012, 11:34 PM
pat lillich
urgh! I'm sure it was tasty for the bird, but yuck! great moment captured!
03-07-2012, 11:39 PM
Wheeler McDougal Jr.
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Original
Hi Troy,
I did very little PP. Here is the original except instead of NEF it was converted to JPG. See what you can do.
Mac
03-08-2012, 12:14 AM
Troy Lim
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Here is the quick edit. I did not do anything other than adjusting the exposure and cropping.
Part of the issue is the big crop I believe. Attachment 109862
03-08-2012, 12:53 AM
arash_hazeghi
great expression and a nice prey/ unfortunately poor image processing has led to poor IQ (it has nothing to do with crop, just bad processing)
check out the various guides on how to process your NEF files.
03-08-2012, 08:06 AM
Randy Stout
Wheeler:
I like the moment captured, the fish wrapping around the bill. I do agree with Arash about the problem being the post processing. The D3s file should easily handle this type of crop if handled well.
I also might suggest shooting at a slightly higher ISO to give yourself more flexibility on aperture and shutter speed. From an image quality standpoint, the D3s just doesn't need to be shot at such a low ISO.
I know that Roger Clark is doing a raw processing thread and this might be an interesting one to submit for processing to see what other folks can get out of it! Here is the link: