It looks like as if it was blown but it was all right. I still burned the highlights to make it look better.
Thanks for looking.
Canon 1D MIV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS
Manual Setting
ISO 400
f5.6
1/500 s
It looks like as if it was blown but it was all right. I still burned the highlights to make it look better.
Thanks for looking.
Canon 1D MIV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS
Manual Setting
ISO 400
f5.6
1/500 s
Last edited by Peter Kes; 11-07-2012 at 03:54 PM.
Karl:
The bird is sweet, sharp, well exposed. Soft BG. I like the texture of the perch, but it seems a bit odd that none of it is really sharp, but perhaps the focus on the head threw it all out of focus. The feet look somewhat sharper than the perch however.
I would like just a bit more space below the perch on the left side.
Cheers
Randy
That is one sweet image Karl - Sharp, good pose and HA. This great BG and lichen covered perch complete the composition nicely.
Thanks Randy, If I remebeer correct, I selected the perch and the bird originally. When it came to sharpening, I de-selected the perch and sharpened the bird only.
It might not have been the greates idea.
My thinking was; let's make the bird really pop. I'll go back select the perch only and will sharpen it and post it here.
Last edited by Karl Egressy; 11-06-2012 at 09:37 PM.
Karl:
It does make the bird pop, but looks a smidge unnatural, that is what caught my eye. I would probably do a little sharpening on the perch, but perhaps not as much as on the bird.
Cheers
Randy
Hi Karl,
Regarding the DOF issue, I found myself encountering that a lot when small birds were relatively close, and I was shooting F/4 or 5.6.
When I shot at 7.1., the DOF was much more forgiving and I got extended detail that I was previously lacking. That one stop made quite a difference. And the bokeh hardly suffered, if the BG was far enough away.
Just a thought.
Bill
Nice the fixed version looks a lot better.
Wonderful shot.
Great pose, wonderful background, great perch, and excellent detail.
The repost looks very well.
Well done.
Magnificent image.Love the sweet little bird with inquisitive pose,details,perch and nice BG.
Re post looks beautiful.
Regards,
Satish.
The extra sharpening of the perch makes a huge difference. Appealing image, and I agree with some extra room below (the lowest dip of the branch is quite close to the edge). Beautiful colours and details.
Beautiful shot of this guy. Exposed well and full of detail. HA and BG are very nice too. The re-post dose look better. Well done
Hi Karl, fluffy little fellow, well exposed and sharp. The perch does look better in your repost, and the goldfinch still pops from the BG.
Sweet little bird Karl, like the repost and good points raised. Some ffod for thought for me re f stops when the little uns are close, tfs
I like the fluffy look, perch, sharpness, colours and repost looks great. Well done Karl.
Cute bird on an attractive perch, but do miss seeing a hint of a tail.
ISO 800 with some stopping down of the f-stop seems very reasonable, especially
considering your gear's quality....