Nice shot, maybe a tad soft. Could you have opened aperture (e.g., 5.6) if possible and increasing the ISO will provide more light to help shutter speed. Did you apply any exposure compensation?
I like the composition and capture...agree with the techs. and good advise given, the main variable that caught my attention was the over saturation in the yellow channel, might want to tone it down a tad, also your subject is on the soft side...looking forward to your next one...:cool:
Thanks for the comments, good observations and advise. Jeff - no exposure compensation, could have increased ISO, and I could have openned up the aperature a tad, althought this lens tends to get a little soft at f/6.3, especially if racked out to 500mm. I desaturated the image and selectivley sharpened the head. I'm also wondering if I'm resizing images correctly, the images never look as sharp when I post them after re-sizing. I edit my images in Nikon View/Lightroom/Photoshop Elements/Neat Image. I typically resize in Photoshop after all adjustment have been made, constraining proportions. Any other thoughts?
Hi - agree with the above - colour is better on the repost - but head does appear softer.
I would wonder if the point of focus was on the head/eye area.
Good work - keep them coming :)
Regarding the image size some folks sharpen again after resizing. The logic is, once resized the image loses pixels and exposure continuity. Thus, the additional sharpening.
In CS4, I resize as follows:
** File>Save for Web Services
** In upper right hand corner, there is a button (three lines), launch and select Optimize to file size (200k)
** Remember JPEG for BPN
Final thoughts - sometimes when using zoom telephotos, back off the max focal length a tad if it is soft (e.g., 490 mm). Your image is good and you know the lens well.
What mode (M, Av, Ty) and how did the histogram look. If balanced, take a bit of light away (e.g., - 1/3) to bump up the stutter too. In bird photography, the rule of thumb is 1/focal length. Hence shutter should be around 1/500, if not then get creative with: ISO, aperture, flash, move around and find more light if possible. Stay in touch, you are doing well my friend.
Great suggestions and Jeff did big time good !!! Much appreciated !!!
Would increase the ISO and worry about noise later, you should be in good shape up to 800 and with work even more !!! Do some test images with different bg to see what you can get away with ... will surprise you !!
Jeff/Al - Great advice! As always, in the heat of the moment one has to think a little before releasing the shutter! I will definately give your suggestions a try. Also, the other day I did increase ISO up to 1000, since my flash ran out of juice, and I was very pleased with the results. The D300 handles noise much better than my D70s did.
Thanks Uncle Gus...I got lucky, I was walking back to my truck and I just happened to look up.......and there he was......for once a warbler out in the open (comparatively speaking)!. He stayed in that spot long enough for me to get a number of good few shots, this image had the best head angle.
Cape May Warbler
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