Hunting
While visiting the inlaws over Christmas I was able to get down to the Everglades NP for a day. I may have been too early, first week of Dec., the water was still pretty high. Still managed to find a few birds, and it is always nice just to get out.
All input welcome. I do not get many chances to see these species so it is all new to me.
Thanks,
Tommy
Nikon D3, f/8, 1/3200, ISO 800,
Nikon 500mm vr, + 1.4tc, 0ev
no flash
Last edited by AdkinsTommy; 03-08-2009 at 02:22 PM. Reason: forgot data
Great exposure and HA Tommy. Love the full wing spread and it looks like you got nice and low. VWD.
HI Tommy - exposure looks good - love those wings - nice low angle - like it a lot.
Only thing that could have improved would be a bit more seperation between the birds neck and body area - wasn't going to happen with ths pose from this angle.
Keep em coming.
Hi Tommy,
You caught this fellow doing his early morning dance...:D I like the pano crop, which concentrates all of the attention on your subject...You have sharp details and a good head angle...agree with Mr. Peters on the head body seperation...good eye Mr. Peters...You did quite well Tommy...congratulations on a job well done...keep them comming...:cool:
Very dynamic capture. I really like this. It looks a little pallid under the wings, as though you might have run shadow/highlights at too small a radius. That's just a guess, but in any case, I suspect that starting with the raw file and doing a little masking, you could get a good deal more pop out of this one. I think it would be worth the trouble. Nice job.
David,Originally Posted by David Thomasson
Have not done anything to the area under the wings yet but will give it a try. I agree it needs a little something. I will say that all the things that came out well in this photo are due in a large part to this forum. Thank you to all that contribute.
Tommy
Just for fun, I tried masking the bird and applying shadow/highlights with a sizable increase in midtone contrast. Then inverted that mask and used it on a curves adjustment layer to darken the background a bit. I think the subject pops out a little more with these edits.
I really like the repost. Hopefully I will be able to recreate that with the original. Again let me say how I appreciate the advise, it has really helped.
Tommy
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