Taken today at my local nature reserve. Hand of Man due to feeder.
Weather - Overcast and Cold
This image was taken from a hide under trees in a thicket. poor light.
EOS 1D MKIII, EF 100-400 + 1.4x Conv, ISO1600 1/200th Sec @ f10. Handheld resting elbow on hide opening. Cropped and adjusted curves.
A couple of things that are not working in this image IMHO. The exposure seems to be a bit off and the image is tad bit soft. It could be due to the conditions that you were in while making this one. I am not sure what can be manipulated and corrected in PS. Let's see what some of the other contributors have to say... Thanks for sharing.
NB: I also see some grain in this and my impression was that 1DMKIII was good at removing this even at ISO1600. Am I correct in saying this?
Last edited by Mohammed Ahmed; 02-03-2008 at 02:02 PM.
This one doesn't work for me either. The large feeder and close bg are both distracting. I lik ethe way the bird is looking at you, but it appears to be quite soft. I think the grain in the bg is from sharpening the bg. You may have avoided this by selectively sharpening only the bird. I suggest putting up some natural perches. They should be placed so you get a pleasing, distant, oof bg when you photograph a bird on the perch. I hope this helps.
I am finding the texture in the BG distracting. Jim's suggestion to put up a perch is a good one. Make sure it is far from any BG distractions and when you capture the image use a large aperture to minimize DOF and make the BG soft.
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