An image from my recent trip to the Kruger National Park. The background is a mixture of yellow winter foliage, burnt vegetation and sky. This guy was hawking insects in the burnt veld, and warming himself in the early morning winter sun. I was impressed with the performance of the TC17E converter on the 600 f/4.
Camera Model: NIKON D3
Date/Time: 2009:05:25 08:01:40
Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 1000
Lens: 600mm with TC17E 1.7x converter
Focal length: 1000mm
Focal length: 1000mm (in 35mm film)
Wow look at the colors - pure eye candy. The only suggestion I would make is take a look at a vertical crop but that means only take a look -- this is a beauty
Love the ruffled feathers conveying the morning coolness. BG is superb. Agree on BG NR but wondering re the cause as ISO 1000 on D3 is smooth. ?more a jpg compression/websharpening issue than sensor noise at capture. I agree the 1.7x gives good results.
Thanks guys! I'm surprised by the noise in the background, I do not seem to have it on the RAW. Tony, perhaps you are right about the jpg compression, still a bit of a mystery to me. And yes, I think I have conquered the cast:-):-)
Roller portrait
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