Loon Wings

[Michael Thompson]

I love it when they do this Little Boy lake, Longville MN 6-18 7Dll 100-400ll at 400m f/8 1250ss 800iso

[Lorant Voros]

Very nice with the wing opening and with the pano crop. I really like the line the wings create with the change of the water and the vegetation. TFS.

[Bill Dix]

I like this different look at a Loon. Nice pano comp. You might see if the eye can be sharpened a bit.

[Bob Smith]

An artistic image Michael, with the V-wings framing the head perfectly and the balance of the head and wing tops against the tan coloured line of BG.

[Arthur Morris]

Striking pose. Since the d-o-f appears a bit short of the head, selective sharpening of the head along with some Eye Doctor work would likely improve it.

What did the full frame look like? What AF Area Selection mode did you use and where was the active AF point?

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[Randy Stout]

Michael:

Excellent wing display, nice that you can see the head and eye, often they flap straight away from you. Be sure to include your technical details so we can better understand the creation of the image. It helps the critique be more focused.

How big of crop is this?

Cheers

Randy

[Loi Nguyen]

I like the wing patterns and the low POV, good BG too. Agreed with Artie that the head looks a bit soft and could use a sharpening. Loi

[Michael Thompson]

Thanks for the great comments everyone! Reposting with some sharpening added to the head and bill...

[Michael Thompson]

Striking pose. Since the d-o-f appears a bit short of the head, selective sharpening of the head along with some Eye Doctor work would likely improve it.

What did the full frame look like? What AF Area Selection mode did you use and where was the active AF point?

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Hi Arthur, thanks for your input. I don't know for sure which mode, I think upper center single point?, I try to aim at the eye, but the right pose happened so quickly, plus I am bobbing around in my inflatable boat, that I fell a bit low of my target. Here is the original...

[Michael Thompson]

More sharpness added, the last edit didn't seem to make a difference...

[Michael Thompson]

Michael:

Excellent wing display, nice that you can see the head and eye, often they flap straight away from you. Be sure to include your technical details so we can better understand the creation of the image. It helps the critique be more focused.

How big of crop is this?

Cheers



Randy

Hi Randy. I am not sure how to figure out the crop factor, or how to communicate it, but I did post the uncropped version in reply to Arthur, hopefully that should give some idea.

[christopher galeski]

Loverly capture,nice pose,good detail and light,last post is the one for me.TFS.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Michael,

For my repost I did some Eye Doctor work--not many pixels on the head and eye, ran a Contrast Mask on the head to sharpen and darken it selectively, and worked a bit on the mess near the end of the bird's left wing.

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[Michael Thompson]

Cool, you really make the eye stand out with your edit, nice job!

[Arthur Morris]

MT, You are welcome. You can learn about using Contrast Masks and about my Eye Doctor tricks and tons more in Digital Basics.

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