Common Nighthawk
Sony A900~Sony 500 F4 G @700mm with Sony 1.4X teleconverter~ISO 400~F/6.3~1/1250 sec~manual exposure~bean bag in vehicle window~Anahuac NWR, Texas~6-5-2012~ CS6/oil paint filter
Another CS6 oil filter treated image. Comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bill
William, Nice pose and details. I like the textured background. Seems a bit tight!
William, I like the Oil Paint effect on the feathers. I wish there were a little more detail in the back feathers and a little more room on the LHS.
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Very nice filter work. Is it's eye really that shape?
Appreciate the comments! Judy; yes the eye is not only that shape, but I used the history brush to erase the filter effect (actualy I do this with the eyes with most of my images) .
This is a very long bird that presents compositional problems (as noted needed more space on the left), as well as a considerable DOF if the bird is not parallel to the sensor, which resulted here in the back of the bird slightly out of focus, causing the loss of detail Cheryl commented on. I have plenty of other nighthawk images that would be better in this respect. Biggest problem is getting the eyes wide open; they like to sleep on fence posts in daylight. regards~Bill.
Thanks for the info Bill. I've never seen one, I don't get out birding very much these days. I'm glad you have had lots of photo ops for them!
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