I have been spending some time at the local marshes, today the weather was pretty cool and occasionally there was reasonable light. I am struggling a bit with BIF and the 20D especially if I use the 1.4TC with the 500mm lens. (this is a cue for all the 50D owners to say John you NEED a 50D!!):cool:
I like the bird in environment aspect - hope you do too!
Canon 20D Canon 500mm F4 L IS
ISO 400 + 0.33
1/1000 @ f4.5
The image is nice, composition works well and the B/G plus the F/G long grass look good too. The bird isn't as sharp as would of liked, maybe a bit more selective sharpening will help.
I'd go for the 1Ds for faster tracking capabilities.....
Very striking composition and flight pose. I agree about the softness but love the direct eye contact you captured in this image. Thanks for sharing Johnathan.
I like a lot what you did here Jonthan showing us the SE owl habitat in winter. I think that the composition works fine but another round of sharpening mask would be great. Well done!