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Good clean shot, it almost has a wintery feel to it, I like it. Colours look very good as do details. The rain drop doesn't trouble me, the green OOF doesn't either but I sense if it was blended in slightly the overall presentation would be slightly improved. The pose of the Woodpecker shows a clear view, had the tongue been out or some other behavioural feature been shown the image would have gone up a notch.
Not too familiar with Canon lenses anymore I guess that the lens did not have a wider aperture (i.e. was f10 a requirement?)
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Cheers Jon, hope all is good at your end.
The shot was taken last month in that monsoon we had, where light was minimal and the rain was in biblical proportion.
In answer to your feedback:
The rain drop doesn't trouble me, the green OOF doesn't either but I sense if it was blended in slightly the overall presentation would be slightly improved.
No not blended, DoF was too much to retain the streaks of rain compared to other images.
had the tongue been out or some other behavioural feature been shown the image would have gone up a notch.
Definitely
Not too familiar with Canon lenses anymore I guess that the lens did not have a wider aperture (i.e. was f10 a requirement?)
The kit set up is locked down, using some of the kit I use on a Land Cruiser when shooting from the passenger seat. The 100-500 defaults to f/7.1, the subject was between 2-3m away so I needed a bit more DoF, plus there are times I shoot, where I shoot for processing. Knowing that at ISO25k when imported into Lr and it has that crappy default Adobe Colour (needs deleting) the image looks like it's shot through a pair of Nora Batty's tights. So applying NR it will smooth things out so Im trying to get as much in focus and the toggle the balance. Well that is my thinking right or wrong.
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Originally Posted by
Steve Kaluski
Cheers Jon, hope all is good at your end.
The shot was taken last month in that monsoon we had, where light was minimal and the rain was in biblical proportion.
In answer to your feedback:
No not blended, DoF was too much to retain the streaks of rain compared to other images.
Definitely
The kit set up is locked down, using some of the kit I use on a Land Cruiser when shooting from the passenger seat. The 100-500 defaults to f/7.1, the subject was between 2-3m away so I needed a bit more DoF, plus there are times I shoot, where I shoot for processing. Knowing that at ISO25k when imported into Lr and it has that crappy default Adobe Colour (needs deleting) the image looks like it's shot through a pair of Nora Batty's tights. So applying NR it will smooth things out so Im trying to get as much in focus and the toggle the balance. Well that is my thinking right or wrong.
Understood...and your line of thought appears logical to me. (When I referred to blend I meant make more diffuse/less apparent).
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A nice look at the GSW. Lovely feather detail and good control on the blacks/whites. Sharp from head to tail. The perch is just the right diameter to show the bird. Good HA and I really like the claw grabbing the perch.
Hope I get the chance of these tomorrow in the rain.
Will
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Cheers Will, will drop you a line.
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Hi Steve ... very nice solid shot of this WP .
A dream to shot at those high iso levels and get such stunning results .... we should be very happy with gear and software as per today .
Perfect IQ
TFS Andreas