I was leaving the Everglades after a glorious morning and this guy was sitting by my car. He reminded me of a vulchar looking for a steal on some condo in downtown Miami. Photographed handheld with my Canon 50D. ISO 200, f/11.0, 1/160 sec, Sigma 80-400mm f/5.6 w/2x extender, 800mm, Evaluative Metering, Auto Exposure, Auto WB, No Flash
Hi Mr. Waas,
I like your close up pose...:D you have good details and good colors on the bird...I tweaked a few minor points in the image...I cleaned up the white specs in the feathers and adjusted the catch light in the eye also adjusted the mid tones...selective sharpened the eye, and ran noise reduction in the sky...see if this presents best to you...:cool:
Gus, the last 2 posts were from a Canon 50D and both needed the midtones adjusted. I wonder if it is the camera or the lens. Also on my monitor the eye looks more sharp in my image than yours. Also I ran noise reduction and I have no background noise in my original. Could it be from downloading. Thanks for the catch eye repair. I wondered about that, now I know. I'll try some more images and let's see if the same things happen. Your repost looks much better, thanks......
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, actually a majestic looking bird. Brought back good memories of driving up the Northwest coast of Florida, circa `89
Hi Richard Neat looking bird and good portrait !!!
One thing you might consider Would raise ISO for better shutter speed, your magnification is 800 with only 1/160 sec Also would use the 2X when there is no other choice. Beside degrading the image it will make the AF almost non existing, will be down 80% performance !!!
As presented would decrease the saturation those blues look spooky :)
really sharp with lots of detail!! i like the subtle change in comp gus did. helps! i would tone down the blue a bit. you caught a cool pose! nice title!!!
Looking for Foreclosures
You almost make him look attactive!
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