Tripod, mongoose head, Canon 7D Canon 500mm f4 L IS.
This guy gave me the slip and then came a little closer so I removed the 1.4TC, he disappeared from view only to come from behind me and do an en face so I managed to focus quickly but alas I was quite a bit underexposed, I knew it but I didn't want to lose focus so I took what I could.
I increased exposure on the bird significantly in ACR whilst lowering the highlights which I also reduced in Photoshop. I also selected the sky and using curves in the centre of the single peak I just lowered the value, this lowered the overall brightness and enhanced contrast a little.
As a consequence the image is a little more noisy than I would have liked but I will value your opinions please.
(I did apply light NR to the bird and heavier to the sky. I tried more on the bird also but this did not seem to help.)







Reply With Quote
Great eye contact, symmetry, and your pp work looks good. Love the hint of clouds in the sky BG. Well captured.

