I have been struggling with this image, but thought I might post it anyway. I love the bird's pose and lighting, but I think I boffed the exposure too much for a salvage. This is from my first (and hopefully NOT last trip to Forsythe)
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I have been struggling with this image, but thought I might post it anyway. I love the bird's pose and lighting, but I think I boffed the exposure too much for a salvage. This is from my first (and hopefully NOT last trip to Forsythe)
Hi Mike,
The image looks a little soft and dark. Love the spread of the wings, maybe the next frame would have been better with the feet just coming out of the water. Would clone out some of the things in the foreground and maybe just leave the sticks. Maybe you could post your specs, camera etc.
Fully agree with Jackie !!! Here is were having a high rate camera comes into play for capturing the optimal wing position !!!
Mike will re post below to give you an idea. Would have more room up top, get rid of some of the clutter at the bottom by cropping and clone the rest. Used shadow/highlight to bring some detail. The light was harsh and not over your shoulder so the front of the bird has to be in shadows (to be avoided) For white birds you need soft light as you would have early/late in the day, mid day just can't be done unless is cloudy !!!! Looking forward to more !!!
You capture it nicely. It does look a little soft. Al's re post makes your image all that more appealing.
Congrats,
Thanks for the help guys. The light was what it was that day and he was in his own shadow. The image is from a Canon EOS 40D through a Tamron 200-400 f/5.6. Exposure is 1/2000 second at f/11 ISO 400 and no exposure compensation. I regularly shoot at 6 FPS with burst mode, but for some reason the next frame is not as nice. I attach it without any work just to get a compositional opinion from the group. I would normally work it over, but it's been a long day for that :)
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