Blue Jay
Blue Jay
Spring, TX
D800, 85/1.4, ISO 200, 1/200, f8, multi-flash, PhotoTrap trigger
Work on birds approaching the feeder this morning. Two flashes on the bird, and two on the background print. Triggered by bird breaking the PhotoTrap beam. Happy New Year Everyone!
Alan, you are getting some great shots using the PhotoTrap. The full wingspread is terrific, good sharp eyes and I like the background board that you're using. To me, the whites look a bit hot, maybe consider a little Nik Detail Extractor on them? Maybe they're OK in the full size image because they're not blown out by any means. Another excellent image.
Oh man, are you having fun, or what? Great wing and tail spread, wonderful image. A Happy New Year to you!
This is a wonderful view of an incoming pose. You still have lots of detail in the face and eyes ( which I often find get lost on these incoming shots).
You are becoming well versed in the use of your phototrap.
Well done,
Gail
Another stunning image Alan! I like the wing position, fanned tail, IQ and BG. I didn't know that they had blue in the underside of the wing. Happy New Year to you as well.
Allen, I am wanting too do this when the hummers come back in summer, is the a link where i can learn how to set up a Photo Trap and what I need? Great shot by the way. mq
Looking at thumbnail, I knew it was your image. Perfect incoming flight pose. Love the wing spread and fanned tail feathers.Beautiful set-up.
Regards,
Satish.
http://phototrap.com/Originally Posted by Mike Quigley
If this ain't perfection, will someone please define it for me ?
Great toy and it gets even better in the hands of a real master. I have always had a lot of respect for your work, Alan. You always come up with something new and you make it art. Respect.
Always great to get a view you would never see otherwise ... perfectly executed as always!
Thats a perfect wingspread! I need to try this soon. Thanks for sharing you work. The other pics on your newsletter were also breathtaking ;)
Happy new year ;)
That's awesome man, great incoming pose. Sounds like alot of fun to experiment with...I suspect you may be responsible for a few sales of this gadget if you keep this up!
Great incoming pose with the spread wings & tail. I especially like the feet.
Andrew
Amazing...
All is said to this perfect incoming flight pose. Congratulation from me
Alan, I love this image and have enjoyed all of your camera trap images. I don't know if this is the right forum, but I would like to hear more about your setup (or even see a picture of it).
Hey John, I shared my setup in my last newsletter, which you can find here:
http://eepurl.com/J7Skn
Alan,
You sure are enjoying that phototrap! Stunning in flight images lately. This one is over the top amazing.
With the 85 at that distance from the beams, how much of a crop is a typical image? I assume you leave a bit of room all around since you aren't sure what angle the bird might be flying in? IQ is excellent, just curious.
I'm trying to convince Doug to buy one so that I can get some shots in his backyard. He's got the birds, that's for sure.
Miguel
Hey Miguel, with all my flight shots (flash or not) I shoot loose. With a 36 MP camera, cropping still allows me a lot of pixels on the bird. This image is cropped about 50%.
Shouldn't you be the one that buys the PhotoTrap to shoot in his yard? :-)
Thanks for all the kind comments.
Alan, thanks for the link to your newsletter. I really enjoyed it, seeing the setup and viewing the stunning images.
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