Nikon D300
200-400 @380
1/200s @ f5.6 ISO 400
Matrix - exp comp +1.0
Flash - 1.3
I would have preferred it a fraction later in their rotation to have a little more separation between the beak and neck the bird on the right. Other query is regarding water droplets - are there too many? - are they distracting?
advice and opinions appreciated
Last edited by Tony Whitehead; 01-19-2008 at 11:35 PM.
Reason: iso added
I like the composition and the poses you have captured. The water droplets don't bother me. Agree a little more rotation would have been nice but lovely interaction nonetheless.
Sharp. Amazing dof for f/5.6. How big a crop is this? (If the birds were on the exact same plane--it is hard to tell--that would explain the fact that both birds are so sharp...) I love the design and the interaction. If you had been just a few inches to the right....
later and love, artie
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Thanks for the comments. The birds are essentially in the same plane. I took a number of images as they were slowly rotating around each other and this was the best as both were sharp - a fraction of a second later would have got the beak/neck separation. It is a landscape image with the sides cropped off so not a huge crop
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