When the Redshank is bathing they sometimes jump and dive around from left to right very fast. I have tried to capture this moment. Focussing is hard because it all goes so fast. This is one of the results. The weather was not good with showers and overcast. I have toned down the highlights.
The image was taken from a hide.
Canon 1D-X
Canon 600mm II + 1.4 converter III
ISO 1250
F 7.1
1/1250sec
Hi Tom , nice job in getting this into the frame. The droplets are very nice and adding to the scene. Good tones and colors . You might watch the halos on high contrast edges a bit more fine selection can solve this problem
Yes a fine shot Tom, from recent previous experience I would have gone for 1/1600 sec max to perhaps 1/2000 sec. I like the exposure some water droplets are a little intrusive I often apply little to no sharpening to them.
@ Andreas You are right about the halos, thanks for pointing that out
@ Jonathan I mixed up the iso with the ss. The actual ss was 1/2500sec I shall correct this if that's possible. I only applied sharpness to the bird at first and after resizing a bit to the whole image, maybe still too much for the droplets?
@ Kester There is sharpness at the eye but it all goes very fast so it could be a bit off
Cheers, Tom
Last edited by Tom van den Brandt; 09-14-2014 at 10:00 PM.
Redshank jumping around.
I shall correct this if that's possible. I only applied sharpness to the bird at first and after resizing a bit to the whole image, maybe still too much for the droplets?
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