In the Dark...
This image was made in almost complete darkness as we waited for the video crew to finish packing up on the 40D gig at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm last week.
ISO 640. Flash as main light. A big underexposure for the ambient light: .6 sec. at f/5.6. Zoom blur created with the 70-200 f/4 L IS lens handheld.
Did some neat work to remove the green cast from the head and to make the head look sweet.
Don't be shy; all comments welcome.
ps: This is of course a captive.
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Too cool!!! i had no idea you could do a zoom blur and still keep a subject in relatively good focus!! must try this soon.
Harold, It was the flash that rendered the bird (and the perch) relatively sharp. But, due to light fall off, not the BKGR thus the zoom blur was effective there.Originally Posted by harold davis
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ah hah!! thanks for that key piece of info!!!
Kind of a dreamlike image... or nightmare I suppose. Interesting effect. Looks even creepier with the green replaced with deep red.:eek:... I tried something like this once with my daughter on a carousel. Did you have this set to rear curtain sync and zoom in or the other way around?
This is a great effect. I used to do zooms for city scapes, never thought of doing it with birds. Thanks for the reminder
This is obviously a vulture disengaging warp drive after reaching its final perching destination... too cool. Dad and I call this "Gettin' Stupid"...
This is a very different type of bird image. I love the effect and appreciate the fact it was primarily created in the camera and not on the computer.
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