My second attempt to photograph Brolgas with a pre-dawn hide entry ended with a rapid retreat when 150 cows did not appreciate being woken. Got this later.
Should I remove the tussocks in front of the bird? My inclination is they balance the image.
1D2n with 500/f4 and 1.4X
ISO400 f8 1/3200 exp comp -2/3 from hide.
I like it as is Rob. But that's just me. Though I would remove the oof tussock intersecting the tail. I feel the bird really pops out of the image. Gorgeous light!
Quite lovely. Perfect head turn back towards you with great control of the yellows as well as a perfect EXP. It is the height of the grasses and the o-o-f ones in the BKGR that bug me a bit. All in all an excellent image.
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Rob:
Beautiful bird. I took the liberty of a quick bit of gardening. This is very quick and crude, but I think it gives an idea of what you could do. Matter of personal preference really, but the bird is so nice, it would be worth a bit more work on the raw file.
Althought the respot looks good, I don't really mind the grasses, I don't see them as a distracting element here, very nice head angel, pose, BG, ambient, light, detail, colors and exposure control. COngratulaitons! Oh.. how I love Lapwings!!
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