No matter how many times I see these guys, I marvel at their outstanding bill and eyes. Another split-second and he might have been in a full down-wing position; and next time I'll try to get him against the dune grasses instead of blue sky. But I haven't had much luck catching them in flight so thought I'd post this while waiting for a better one.
D7000, 500f4, ISO 800, 1/1600s @ f/7.1 manual, Gitzo and Mongoose
Though the full downstroke would have been a bit better this is a nice capture but for too much of something on the BLACKs especially of the head which looks mega-over-lightened and thus noisy. Looks sharp. Where?
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Can you pull any detail from the left wing (medium/greater coverts - I believe)? Otherwise, nice composition and clean image. The wing tips looks a tad bit noisy, but nothing to fuss about.
Thank you both. Artie, this was taken at the end of the Fisherman's Trail at Sandy Hook last Thursday morning. I did notice some noise, particularly in the wings. To my eye, the appearance of the head is from the angled sun hitting the bird's natural texture, although there may also be a bit of noise. It is not the result of any over-lightening. In fact, the image was exposed just slightly too far to the right, thus losing some detail in the wing coverts as Miguel noted. I corrected the exposure just slightly downward in Capture NX2.
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