Fir Island, Skagit County, Washington, on a rare bright winters day. She flew in right towards me and landed on driftwood about 20' away Canon EOS 30D ,Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM
1/500s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso500, EV +1/3, handheld
Sue
Great pose and composition, but definitely not quite sharp enough and also over-exposed.... What was your ISO??? (Or, why such a slow shutter speed with bright conditions?) And why so much noise in the BKGR? Is this a big crop???
later and love, artie
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With such a beautiful pose I'd take this into the digital dark room for some creative work with filters or something. The focus makes any conventional use a little tricky, but this is defiantly worth keeping for other treatments.
I was thinking that this image was not as soft as it seemed (from the over-exposure). Ten mintutes in Photoshop yielded the image below.
Whaddya think?
Later and love, artie
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