Horned Lark

[Dennis "Curly" Buchner]

These guys have been moving though the last couple days. Blubb bag out of jeep
1DMK3, 400mm f/5.6, 1.4xTC
1/1250 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Evaluative
Exp comp: 0
ISO: 320
AF mode: One-shot AF
Drive: Continuous
White balance: Auto

[john crookes]

Nice capture with the horns raised and nice sharpness.

There is quite a bit of noise in the BG and a strong majenta cast to the overall picture

I ran a define on the BG and also did a color cast removal
tough to work with it was so compressed to begin with but i think it is an improvement

[Dennis "Curly" Buchner]

Thanks John for pointing that out I have to get my monitor calibrated

[john crookes]

when looking at the image again there seams to be a large smudge on the right side next to the bird can not see if it was done post or a problem with something on the lens and such

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Angle and 'horns' look great. The removed color cast makes a big difference. Did you run some NR? I'm surprised it is so noisy at ISO 320.

[Arthur Morris]

Denis, There is still much noise and a magneta cast in your repost. John's version is spot on. Like the pose and the little horns.