Captured in Costa Rica with Greg Basco and Doug Brown in mid day light:cool:. Heavy crop in CS3. I shot a burst (sort of! 6fps?) and as the bird was coming at me, this is the only frame that my slow focusing lens caught sharp:(. The rest are closer but way OOF:(. Oh well:p
Camera Model: NIKON D300, handheld
Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: On, just because it was!
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
Lens: 80 to 400mm
Focal length: 260mm
Focal length: 390mm (in 35mm film)
Nice action. It looks as though the bird is lacking some detail, probably due to the heavy crop. If it agrees with your ethics, I would remove the branches in the BG.
I sometimes feel the same way about my 100-400 when I encounter a situation such as this.
Neat looking bird Dan. From my experience, considering the conditions you did well getting one in focus. The bits of trees are kinda of a bother and might be worth a try to crop out the left one. Dave
Pretty amazing no matter the crop. It looks like some sort of Muppet....
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