Again from Nickerson, on 1 August just about forty minutes before sunset. This one is full-frame except that I added a bit of canvas on top and did a little wing-tip repair, and cropped a corresponding amount from the bottom.
D500, 500PF, ISO1600, 1/2000s @ f/8 manual, HH.
Last edited by Bill Dix; 08-17-2019 at 04:02 PM.
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Hi Bill, nice and sharp, EP looks spot on, maybe pull out some details in the blacks... Very nice definition in the underwings. i know you "stretched" the canvas but it looks too cramped in the frame for me, nice HA bright eye and I think the fish is smiling!
Well executed. I agree about the tightness of the cropping... I'd see what happens if you add more to the bottom. If not too much effort, a tad to the RHS and about twice that amount to the LHS-- just for breathing room. I love the yellows in the background. Nice work on the wingtip repair.
The PP looks great Bill although the wing tip on left wing looks a bit blunt. Might "round that out a bit".
This is FF so I know you don't have the extra canvas on the left so I will enjoy the really good view of the fish and the excellent sharpness and IQ on the face and bill.
Love the light and the way it lights up the eye.
Gail
Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. I hadn't intended to do this much intervention on this one, but your suggestions were good ones, and I figured I'd make a few more adjustments: I stretched the canvas to give him a bit of flying room, made a tiny additional tweak to the wingtip, and a few other things.
Fish and face are as sharp as they come! Detail across the bird looks great - in both lights and darks - and the background is nicely blurred while still offering a suggestion
of the dunes habitat. He is tight in the frame, but it sounds like there's nothing you can do about that! I wish for a bit more of that far wing, but the detail on the the nearer
wing is really nice.
Well done and the repost is better. The 500 PF rocks.
with love, artie
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