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David:
Very dramatic frame. Impressive that your camera and you were able to achieve focus as accurately as it did with the poor light and head one angle.
I might consider just a touch of additional , selective sharpening to the head/eyes to help them pop even a bit more. Perhaps tone down the two brightest light areas just to the right of the tail. The others aren't too distracting because your eye is drawn to the head of the bird so strongly, and tends to ignore them.
Kudos for taking the shot. Wayne Gretzky would be proud of you.
Randy
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Ditto the positives from Randy. The eyes/head look plenty sharp to me on my monitor. A dramatic shot for sure. Hope 2022 is a good one for you and yours.
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Last edited by David Roach; 01-03-2022 at 10:55 AM.
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Originally Posted by
Randy Stout
David:
Very dramatic frame. Impressive that your camera and you were able to achieve focus as accurately as it did with the poor light and head one angle.
I might consider just a touch of additional , selective sharpening to the head/eyes to help them pop even a bit more. Perhaps tone down the two brightest light areas just to the right of the tail. The others aren't too distracting because your eye is drawn to the head of the bird so strongly, and tends to ignore them.
Kudos for taking the shot. Wayne Gretzky would be proud of you.
Randy
Would that I had even a fraction of The Great One's preparation and skills, be taking shots all the time and the AF was all the rig's doing. Doesn't work all the time, but most of the time it's a game changer. Thanks as always for the valued help.
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Hi David, I agree with Randy regarding the image being quite dramatic and maybe a little more sharpening on the head and eyes. When situations like this happen reflexes take over and hoping the the camera does it work. Thank you for sharing.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
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That's impressive at ISO 12800! I also like the pose here and excellent job of getting the head and eyes sharp!
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Nice and sharp where is needs to be. I like the framing. I would crop in tighter. Great background with all those specular highlights.
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Two things here: First, as a Canadian and a die-hard Edmonton Oilers fan during their 80's hey-day, I approve of the Gretzky comments.
Second, thank you Artie for taking care of the clipped feet as that was my main gripe with the image. I like pretty much everything else about it. Quite "in your face" in a very good way.
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