B-1 Bomber

[Brian Wong]

B-1 Bomber

Practicing what I've learned from Jim Neiger's workshops.

The tail disappeared during this banked turn ... resembling the "Flying Wing" B-1 Bomber!

Thank you for your comments, they are helping me tremendously (hope this processing shows improvements Axel & Lana)

EOS 40D, 500 f/4 IS
1/2500, f/4.5, ISO 400, handheld, manual exposure

[Mike Wilson]

Wonderful image! Love the tight turn and the eye contact. I might crop a bit more off the left and back off a tad on the saturation.

[Lana Hays]

Brian
Excellent processing and a fantastic bird........glad that we could help. Well done capturing this flying bullet with such a nice pose. I really like the detail....and that eye contact of him coming right at you. I agree with Mike on a little cropping and the blue saturation.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Excellent details and seeing the tail would have put it over the top. I would crop a bit off the right or go for a pano crop.

[Alexander Koenders]

I love the position of the bird in the picture.

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely Brian - those feather patterns and eye contact are stunning. I think that this would make a great vertical panorama print. Slightly prominent halo along the trailing edge

[Glenn Bartley]

Really cool. I agree with Mikes thoughts.

[Robert O'Toole]

Hi Brian,

How are you.

Love the image. Superb details.

I would reposition/crop to leave more detail in front of the bird, the empty space to the left doesnt help much.

Also You can tone down the halos easily with a super mild selective blur. takes 2 seconds.

Robert

[Maxis Gamez]

Awesome pose and colors, it sure looks like the bomber!

[Jody Melanson]

Awesome light and pose! Agree with Robert on the halos....

[Arthur Morris]

Beyond amazing. Is it a Peregrine? Was it a vertical original?

later and love, artie

[Brian Wong]

Thank you everybody for such great help, tips, and encouraging support!

Hi Artie! Original was horizontal (as I was trying to follow, and pan as it flew by) ... and presented cropped to the more vertical/square presentation. I believe it might be a Peregrine-mix, but I can't tell you for sure.

Thank you all for the cropping suggestions! I had so many questions!! ... shall I leave more room on our left? (because it was turning and will be flying to our left as suggested by his head position) ... or leave more room on our right? (because it was flying to our right). I thought at least in the 1/3 would be safe. Also, I've become so sensitive to "too centered", that I did not consider that it might be something to consider in this case.

I will keep trying to work on improving my processing. I will try your mild selective blur next time Robert.

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Brian, Thanks for the info. This one is so good that I think that it would look great with any crop... I sort of likei t as is even though it makes no sense according to any of the "rules."

I am looking really hard at the trailing edge and do not see any halos... I see thin buffy edges to the primaries but no halos. I rarely see the alleged halos. Can anyone help?

later and love, artie

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I am looking really hard at the trailing edge and do not see any halos... I see thin buffy edges to the primaries but no halos. I rarely see the alleged halos. Can anyone help?

later and love, artie

I don't see halos, either. At least nothing I find distracting.

Brian: To prevent even the slight appearance, you could use the magic wand tool on the sky, invert, contract by 1 or 2 pixels and then sharpen.