This was taken last week. I was almost directly under the bird. These black-colored bird images are very difficult for me. Not a very big crop, but tweaked extensively. Did it come out OK? Or would I be well off to abandon this image and hope for a better one later. (By the way, I do not have a flash.) All suggestions appreciated . . .
Hi Wendall....your composition is working for me. You left room on the right side for the bird to look into and the obligue line of the perch works nicely to draw your eye to the bird. You might consider trying for a different head angle where the eye is more prominent and try a general small increase in sharpening overall. Exposure to me looks pretty good
Hi Wendell Head angle aside you made the best possible from your position, the high angle is tough.
Light for above leaves a dark void in lower center which catches my eye, need about perfect light/angle to show those feathers well I find them a real challenge and shoot them all the time !! What I would do here is set up for flight and hope he takes off in the right direction !!!
Hi Wendell,
You did good considering the harsh lighting angle. Agree with Mr. Forns comments...the steep angle of capture does not bother me...looking forward to your next one...:cool:
Jeff, my original histogram showed three slender vertical peaks (of red, green and blue) all in the very middle of the diagram, with no clipping on either end.
Do you have Digital Basics. Artie has some sample Histograms that show examples of different-tone FG's on different-tone BG's. Might be a nice reference point.
Nice exposure, I guess its about MT in total. Are you using center sensor?
I have heard that flash can be a negative with black glossy birds anyway.
Well done.
Last edited by Jeff Cashdollar; 07-31-2009 at 12:59 PM.
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