This was taken a couple weeks ago (at 8 AM), after a long period of nest building had taken place. Some adjustments were made, but no crop. I did clone out a blurred branch in the upper left corner and used Elements' brightness/contrast on the eye and on the beak.
Nice pose Wendell, and looks very sharp. I would add a bit more canvas to the right. Just some harsh light you were dealing with here. Soft light and the image would have been really nice:)
8 am. i wonder if it's harsh light or just overexposed. i think the exposure comp should be in the area of -0.7EV? decent light angle and cool landing pose. nice capture, wendell. you may be able to recover the blown highlights, but i think it will be difficult here.
Just the head area is a little over but the wings sure look good !!
btw this is one of the cases in which manual metering is more efficient. With Av you will have a great variation as the bird is larger in frame ... meter will open to compensate but bird is in the same light.
I like the pose and timing .. plus you sure came up with one good looking bird !!!
Hi Wendell,
I like the landing pose with the spread wings...I like the details in the under wings and you have a super sharp clear eye...agree with Lady Jackie on adding a tad of canvas to the right side of the frame...you did quite well dealing with the very harsh light...looking forward to the next one...:cool:
Wendell, very nice pose! As was already pointed out, using negative exposure compensation or switching to manual mode would help deal with the harsh light. Still a very nice image though!
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