Doug, my flight shots from the morning were OK. The colour of the grass I really loved especially with the stilt in it.
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Lens (mm): 840
ISO: 640
Aperture: 7.1
Shutter: 1/500
Exp. Comp.: 0.0
Flash Comp.:
Program: Manual
Focus Mode: AI Servo AF
White Bal.: Auto
I like the grasses, the head angle, and the basic COMP, but the blacks and the bokeh (the quality of the o-o-f BKGR especially right above the bird) are both on the strange side. And the light looks really flat.
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I had a good albeit somewhat abbreviated time at the marsh this morning Gary. Sorry that the flight shots were just OK. Flight is tough, especially with big lenses at close range. I like the composition of this photo but I agree with Artie about the OOF BG; perhaps a little Gaussian blur?
Blacknecked stilt
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