Ring-billed Gull
another from last friday afternoon at boynton inlet. fairly tame and an easy bird to fill the frame. only cropped a little from the left. in postprocessing established b&w points, saturation +6, selectively sharpened the bird and applied NR on the bg.
D300, Bigma at 195mm, f/6, 1/1600s, -0.7EV, ISO 200, flash fill no beamer at +3.0EV
thanks for looking. your comments and critiques are appreciated.
Good colors, sharp details, good head angle and eye contact. I like the bird's shadow. My suggestion would be to clone out the brown streak thats touching the bird's bill....You got yourself a "10"...:cool:
thanks gus! and i was all proud of myself cause the waves didnt intersect with the head. how the heck did i miss that!!!!!!!!! uggggggggggggggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!
How can you give out a ten Gus !!! ... we will never hear the end of it :)
Strong image Soft light sure makes a difference. Like the pose and fully agree with Gus !! btw for a slight different perspective go to absolute ground level !! Gives the bg/fg an new an interesting look !!! Big Congrats !!!
btw forgot.... here the sun angle is a bit off but with the soft light it works out fine !!! Might even increase edge contrast a bit !!
Harold, real nice! I like the detail and exposure-nice HA
Gee the Rb thinks your cute Mr H, they look at Don that way too.
Really like the low angle and the colors, nice and sharp.
any and all other suggestions covered.
Nice one, Harold! The lighting and low angle really work here. You do such a nice job on exposing the light colored birds! I totally agree with Gus about the wave intersecting the bill, though. Take that out and you've got a darn fine print.
I know Harold, just when you think you have all the angles covered...... Great exposure and details. Just a few questions. Was it camera flash or an attached flash? If attached where did you point the flash, directly at the bird with a diffuser. And a reason for 3 EC for flash as opposed to 2???
and why the -0.7 EV on the camera....:)Originally Posted by Jackie Schuknecht
Bill
jackie, it was an SB-600. without a better beamer and in bright conditions i normally go + a lot on the flash. i had been photographing at some greater distances so i wanted full power!! i had it pointed directly at the bird with no diffuser.
william, i used the -EV in order not to blow out the whites. even would have had me about a third over.
thanks for your comments!!!
jackie, as a follow up, i remember now why i had it so high. the flash sync is, i think 1/320s. and since i was so much higher, 1/1600s, i compensated to get as much flash as possible.
Great capture H. Excellent details and comp.
Regards
Hi Mr H - **** fine agree with all of the above comments - does it need some CCW??
Agree with AL on the low angle - I am finding it really changes your perspective - hard work though looks like I am going to have to get a lot fitter - you can get so close to the birds if you are prepared to crawl on your stomach - you have to try it you will be amazed.
:)
Great exposure in soft light. In fact, the whole image feels soft (not unsharp), just kind of mellow and the expression on the bird also looks a little drowsy.
Oh dear... maybe I looked at this image too long (smile).
Gail
Hi Harold;
Well done, I love it . . .
Thanks for sharing.
Uncle Gus
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