It was very overcast and light snow in Middle TN today. I decided to try my luck with the BB, I read the section regarding flash compensation in APB II.
The shot was soft due to lack of sunlight, so I gave it a framing twist?
Canon 40D
Canon 400 MM 5.6 L
400MM
f/5.6
Speed 1/100
EV-1/3
BB/FC -3
ISO = 500
What say you, I am here to learn and appricate all C & C's.
Hi Jeff, Real pretty bird Jeff, nice touch witht eye contact and ha. I am not so sure that a tad more sharpening may bring out even more details. Good for you to get out with the bb. Dave
Hi Jeff - awesome little fellow.
I added a bit of sharpening to the bird and worked on the eye a little, I also recropped it - the birds eye was sort of centred a bit too much for my taste. Also added some Noise reduction on the background.
see if this is any better. :)
Last edited by Lance Peters; 01-19-2009 at 11:33 PM.
Much better, thank you Dave and Lance. Could I ask a couple of questions:
1. Dave, HA means head angle?
2. Should I turn off the aspect ration when I crop. If so, I trust printing is more difficult?
3. Lance, I use LR II, could I make the same adjustments you made or did you move to CS4?. In summary, can you give me a fast fly-by of what you did with the eye. How did you bring out the brown; it looks so much better.
Personally I dont use the aspect ratio when I crop - I try to use the rule of thirds - Sometimes :) All rules are made to be broken. here is a link to a basic description http://silverlight.co.uk/tutorials/c...se/thirds.html
I think you will aslo find some info under the educational rescoures forum.
I use CS4 - you should be able to do the same things in lightroom - all I did was select the eye ONLY and applied some sharpening to it - I them selected the whole bird ONLY - Inverted my selection and ran Noise reduction on the BG only.
Thanks, your recent Cardinal pictures were some of the best I have ever seen. I try to remember the subject distance you mentioned and get close as possible. Not having a 500MM, I try to get within 20 feet when using my 400's.
Tech wise I would like to see you using a higher ISO. Your camera performs well might as well take advantage. Flash wise would try something a little different. You can set the flash at -1 then do three quick images. The first will be at the -1 setting, the second will not since the capacitor is not fully charged and the third will not go off at all. Here you will be able to compare what the flash is doing and its effect. After a while you will be able to select the proper compensation.
Processing wise you might wan to try the effect on a layer in order to brush off the affected parts of the bird or at least feather it !! I like what your doing !!!
Cardinal
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