Bug Shot
Hi Everyone,
Here is one of the last closeup images from this year of the male Western Tanager bringing food to the nest. Looking forward now to raptor season :D.
Stats: Canon 50D, 500mm F/4 + 1.4X, F/8 at 1/100 sec, ISO 320, Flash set at - 1 1/3 stops.
Take care,
Steve
Last edited by Steve Large; 08-12-2009 at 06:24 PM.
Very nice shot. Exposure, sharpness background all excellent. I also like the pose and tight crop for web.
Very cool catch… It looks like a wasp. Nice portrait.
Terrific capture with great colored BG and sharpness. A slight turn towards you would take it over the top.
Agreed with Fabs and would add to remove the flash catchlight from its eye. Wicked stuff Steve. :) Congrats! :)
As noted above.. Great image with nice details. A bit of work on the eye would add even more to this image.
Lovely colour and detail, Steve. Not sure of the exposure mode from data but often working in manual is an option worth considering - setting SS and aperture to relatively underexposing the BG darkens it a little which can look nice. TTL Flash takes care of itself and you can control the intensity via your flash EC. Not a criticism , just a thought as this is obviously a reliable setup that can give you a chance to try a variety of options.
Tony Whitehead
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Hi Everyone,
Thanks for your comments. I have re-worked this shot without the catchlight. These guys have very dark eyes and in my opinion it seems to make the eye look a little dead when I take the catchlight out. Any thoughts?
Take care,
Steve
I guess thats the problem with flash. I almost always get some catchlight even in darker light so long as the angle to the eye is good. But with flash instead of ambient light, you lose the additional exposure time required to produce an ambient light catch light, and then when you delete the flash reflection, your catchlight is gone.Originally Posted by Steve Large
You can see hints of this in the eye, but it is too dark to stand out.
bang on expo, lovely HA & fantastic details ,
My vote for OP
TFS
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