canon 40D
sigma 50-500mm
f 6.3
1/400 s
ISO 800
taken in shade.
Lady
canon 40D
sigma 50-500mm
f 6.3
1/400 s
ISO 800
taken in shade.
I don't think it's a girl Mike. The image looks a bit soft on my monitor; you may find that your lens gives you sharper images at smaller than wide-open apertures. A little head turn would be nice. Lastly I would paint the white leaf to the left of the bird green. Thanks for posting!
It looks soft on my monitor, too. Probably because of what Doug has stated. Although it appears a little bit dark, I like the colors. They look natural to me.
A question for Doug: you said a little head turn would be nice. Could you elaborate more, such as which way should the head be turning to and why? Thanks.
thanks Doug and Desmond. i have said before that i don't know how to make hairs on each feather show. i can get feathers but do have an impossible task when trying to make the hairs show. any ideas are welcome. i can definitely see the white leaf and will correct that.
maybe i goofed on the gender and it is a juvenile. sorry.
Granted it is a bit soft but that lends a rather nice painterly quality..I rather like the head angle here.
Mike I'm not going to say much on this, looking forward to Alfeds take on the tripod..You don't mention mirror lock-up when using the remote..Now my thoughts, the 50-500 is a big lens and mirror slap can/will cause vibration which can cause slightly soft images???
Perhaps a smaller aperture to increase the depth of field?Originally Posted by mikedelaney
For now, you could sharpen it a bit ( you just have to do a better job than I did :o)
It has a lot of red, but it is still a female Northern Cardinal...a key if there is ever doubt is the big contrast in color from the tail to the undertail coverts (just underneath the tail where it connects to the body). A juvenile would have a dark bill. The softness works okay in the image, but I don't think it was necessarily intentional. Be sure that you use mild noise reduction settings or you will remove nearly all the detail from the feathers. Nice work.
Just a thought but could the softness be from a rather slow shutter speed for the focal length?
Bill
Hi Mike, nice setting and subject....agree about the softness.
Did you use noise reduction, either in camera or post process? It may have smoothed the image
if too much applied as noted Judd noted. If in cam NR was used, I recommend against this as
you will lose fine control in pp
I'd be happy to. Right now the bird is is the far right of the frame looking kind of to the right. It appears to be staring at a leaf in front of her (I stand corrected on gender). The bird doesn't have good eye contact with the viewer. Good eye contact makes all the difference in the world. Ideally you'd like the bird looking at you or to the left when the photo is cropped like this. If it's looking to the right, you want room in the frame for the bird to look into. I just posted a photo on the Wild and Free forum with a similar head turn, but the bird is looking right at me. Here's a link:
http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=13204
You don't need a profile to make a photo work, but it helps.
Hi Mike Great suggestions !!! I have one ... make sure the point of focus is on the eye. In the image it seems the sharpest part it the leave in front of the bird !!! Desmond did a great job sharpening but it makes the image look goofy. Anything oof is toast !!!! btw do like the bg !!!
Oooops ! :o
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