Results 1 to 9 of 9

Thread: Double Catch

  1. #1
    IOTY Winner 2010 Chris Kotze's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Location
    South Africa
    Posts
    1,254
    Threads
    137
    Thank You Posts

    Default Double Catch



    Canon 40D lens 100-400
    SS 1/500 f8-0 ISO 400

    Thought I'll share this Heron's double catch with you.
    Kruger National Park
    Last edited by Chris Kotze; 05-28-2009 at 02:12 PM.
    Chris Kotze

  2. #2
    Filomena Larson
    Guest

    Default

    Nice capture!
    Congrats.
    Very sharp image. Little shadow on the neck but it is not bothersome. Good job.

  3. #3
    Axel Hildebrandt
    Guest

    Default

    Great capture of this behavior. Makes you wonder how he did it. Details and BG look good. I wish for a lower angle and a better head angle. Could you have moved to your left?

  4. #4
    Publisher Arthur Morris's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Indian Lake Estates, FL
    Posts
    32,506
    Threads
    1,433
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Sharp, with the two cool fish, but the shadow on the neck (caused by a poor light angle) does bother me.... The bird's head is turned too far away and the bill is a mess. Not much you could do about that except choose a more handsome subject (with three fish!) Lastly the birghtest whites are burned or very close to it.
    BIRDS AS ART Blog: great info and lessons, lots of images with our legendary BAA educational Captions; we will not sell you junk. 30+ years of long lens experience/e-mail with gear questions.

    BIRDS AS ART Online Store: we will not sell you junk. 35 years of long lens experience. Please e-mail with gear questions.

    Check out the new SONY e-Guide and videos that I did with Patrick Sparkman here. Ten percent discount for BPN members,

    E-mail me at samandmayasgrandpa@att.net.










  5. #5
    BPN Viewer
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    South-Africa
    Posts
    957
    Threads
    66
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Great one here. Ditto artie.

  6. #6
    Forum Participant Manos Papadomanolakis's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Crete Greece
    Posts
    3,408
    Threads
    179
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    nice timing with beautiful soft/warm light!

  7. #7
    Jeremy Linning
    Guest

    Default

    Great capture, love the detail in the two fish. Was this cropped much?

  8. #8
    IOTY Winner 2010 Chris Kotze's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Location
    South Africa
    Posts
    1,254
    Threads
    137
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Thanks for all the comments. Jeremy it's full frame.
    Technicals not to great however I wanted to share this catch with you. I defiantly have not seen a Heron catches two small little fish like this, no I lie he actually got this right 3 times.:D I took this shot out of the car and hence the shadow and angle.
    Last edited by Chris Kotze; 05-29-2009 at 05:02 AM.
    Chris Kotze

  9. #9
    Publisher Arthur Morris's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Indian Lake Estates, FL
    Posts
    32,506
    Threads
    1,433
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Manos Papadomanolakis View Post
    nice timing with beautiful soft/warm light!
    Manos, with all due respect (and you know how much I love your photography), the light here is harsh and contrasty, those problems exacerbated by an incorrect light angle.
    BIRDS AS ART Blog: great info and lessons, lots of images with our legendary BAA educational Captions; we will not sell you junk. 30+ years of long lens experience/e-mail with gear questions.

    BIRDS AS ART Online Store: we will not sell you junk. 35 years of long lens experience. Please e-mail with gear questions.

    Check out the new SONY e-Guide and videos that I did with Patrick Sparkman here. Ten percent discount for BPN members,

    E-mail me at samandmayasgrandpa@att.net.










Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Web Analytics