Sandhill Crane Silhouette

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Sandhill Crane Silhouette. Image taken at Bosque Del Apache, NM


Nikon D500, 500mm f/4 +1.4x TCII
ISO 800, 1/800, f/6.3

Cropped for Presentation/Composition
Exposure changes
Curves to remove color cast
Noise Reduction


Let me know your thoughts and comments.


Thanks
Krishna

[Randy Stout]

Krishna:

The landing posture for sandhills always makes for some great silhouettes. He really pops against the lighter band in the sky. You could play around with minor tweaks in the composition if desired, but it is effective as is.

I wouldn't expect much noise in D500 files at this ISO unless very underexposed.

Cheers

Randy

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Hi Randy,

Thank you for the comments. They were properly exposed, I have exposed a bit to the right.

Do they look noisy to you ?

Thanks
Krishna

[Randy Stout]

Hi Randy,

Thank you for the comments. They were properly exposed, I have exposed a bit to the right.

Do they look noisy to you ?

Thanks
Krishna

No. I was just responding to your comment about running noise reduction on the file.

Randy

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

No. I was just responding to your comment about running noise reduction on the file.

Randy

I always apply NR for my images which are shot above ISO 400