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'Coup de grace'
I was starting to lose light and packing up when this male flew past me at f.35 speed and within 60 seconds was back showing his catch to his girl friend, and then proceeded to severe its neck right in from of me. This prey is a 'Starling 'which is a feral pest in this country. I havnt' done too much with the underwing shadow as the good evening light is where the action is.
D5 PF 500 +1.4
700mm
F8
1/3200
iso1600
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Comments much appreciated
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Outstanding action, and the frame is engaging and interesting despite the steep overhead angle. Neck is a bit hot, and I wish for a bit more detail on the face. It looks overly-smoothed by NR at the moment.
I imagine that results from the need to be at ISO 1600. Having to be at 1600 in bright sun is one drawback with that otherwise awesome lens.
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The action is superb but I agree IQ isn't good, the whites are blown (ISO was too high?)
The D5 will give a "noise less" image at ISO 10,000 in bright sun like this. What I see is that too much NR and over-sharpening has hurt this image
Do you have the C1P guide?
TFS
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Fantastic action from a killer subject (literally!), but yes that is a tough file to play with. I also find the blues too "electric" (which Arash has also improved upon).
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After seeing the original the image quality help alright for that huge crop. The prey is a bonus.
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Just got back from chasing more Peregrines .Thanks Arash for having a go at my effort . Out of interest ,what would your settings have been at 840mm? Apart from all that the PF held up very well at 700mm which is all i can handle these days so that is a lens for life .Thanks again Arash and others for your comments.
Ian
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Hey Ian this one would have been too far even with 850mm unless you were using the D850...I have many great shots like this one but they 9 out of 10 times they are also too far to be a keeper :(