Just received my adapter ring which fits my new Nikon TC to my camera and took a test on this Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) in a snowy tree. This bird was about 20 m away and 10 m up in a tree. Nonetheless, you are looking at a 50% crop (hence a little lack of detail and some noise reduction artifacting). Let me know what you think about the results! C&C on all aspects of the photo very welcome.
Panasonic DMC-FZ18, Leica 4.6-83 @ 83 mm (500mm DSLR equivalent) w. Nikon TC-E17ED 1.7 TC. Handheld, supporting arms on the window pane. ISO-100, F/8, 1/160 sec, aperture priority, pattern metering, EC 0., RAW.
PP in Silkypix and Corel Photopaint. 50 % crop, NR, sharpening, gaussian blur on BG, added contrast, decreased intensity, cloned out quite a number of OOF branches, selective contrast and brightness enhancement on the eye.
Hi Jerry,
I like the capture...you were shooting in harsh light at an angle, thats why your Dove is part in the light and part in the shadow...the eye looks a little soft...need to open up the eye a bit more to get the details out and selective sharpen...I like the perch, just a tad less from the bottom and also taking about 1/4 from the top to eliminated the negative space; thus concentrating more on your subject...I modified your composition to illustrate these points...see if this presents best to you...:cool:
Hi Gus, thanks for fiddling with the image! I refrained from further cropping, because then I would clip off the tail (as you did in the repost), but I agree that the tighter crop you present here gives a more powerful image. Great work on the eye!
I'm still working on some images where the dove was more evenly lit, I'll take your advice into account on them!
TC test, collared dove in the snow
