From early this afternoon at Wakodahatchee wetlands. I guess the hot day kept these guys from wanting to fly around too much so he just posed for a while.
Nikon D3, Sigmonster at 800mm, F8, 1/2500, ISO 800, Aperture Priority, Exposure Comp -1/3
Hot day pose
From early this afternoon at Wakodahatchee wetlands. I guess the hot day kept these guys from wanting to fly around too much so he just posed for a while.
Nikon D3, Sigmonster at 800mm, F8, 1/2500, ISO 800, Aperture Priority, Exposure Comp -1/3
Hi Oz - looks like you are getting the hang of the sigmonster!! Sharpness looks much better here!!
Good HA and eye contact - the shadow on the head area bothers me a little, also the tip of the bill area being OOF - Wonder if instead of the point of focus on the eye - you had moved it half way along the beak - might have given enough DOF to render it all in focus - depends on how close you were etc etc.
Would lighten the shadow on the head area atd.
Keep em coming :)
Mighty fine pose Oscar ... and sharp !!!!
I like the processing work and might just lighten the face Sure wish you were in light angle !!! Excellent !!!!
agree with the comments on the great head angle and the shadow. I like how the little feather on top of its head really stands out from the bg, is that left over baby-down? I think if you can lighten/brighten the face and give some life to the eye, this will be an outstanding eye-catching image; you have great details in the feathers.
Oscar, Great advice already given and I like the composition BG and HA. Nice details!!
Very good advise given Oscar. I would recommend on lightening the face area just a tad and selective sharpening the eye...looking forward to your next one...:cool:
Very nice Oz. Looks like you' re making that new lens sing. Agree with above. Nice job!!
A great pose ... and lots of juice in this image to work with. Starting with the raw file, you could turn this into a keeper. Nice work!
Last edited by David Thomasson; 07-12-2009 at 02:48 PM.
Excellent repost Dave, I like it...:cool:
Dave, thank you for the re post. I will try to get it to where your repost is.
Great work.
you got the sharpness dialed in with your new toy. david's repost is the bombdiggity!!!
sorry i missed you. and i was at home being lazy too!!! actually got a bad wheel and was trying to stay off it and get better til i re-injured it again this am.
... writing that one down ... bomddiggity (As a writer, I take my nuggets where I find them. :cool: )Originally Posted by harold davis
lol, no problem....i cant take full credit for it though!!!!! happy to admit.:)
Thank you. The main trick is to get a good mask to separate bird from background -- not difficult since the bird has clean edges all around. From there, just work in layers and enhance different areas as needed (rather than global adjustments).
Posting Permissions
