crow
D700
70-200mm f2.8 VR with 1.7TC
280mm
ISO 1600
f6.3 at 1/250s
Manual mode
Matrix Metering
Auto white balance
handheld
Adjust WB, darken a bit, clone out small part of another crow and tiny bit of grass, noise reduction, crop and sharpen.
The background was overexpose so I decided to go with sort of high key look. At first I have the whole crow but decided to crop off the feet and tail to have the background as pure white. Not sure if this work or not.
All comments and suggestions are welcome.
i think it works because of the powerful call and pose. some may say something about the blocked shadows of the legs, but i think the composition and subject outweigh that. i like this a lot, thanaboom!! dont know what i would do different!!!!
I really like this, but for me i would of did a tighter crop. Only because the rest of the body is not interesting enough for me, but love how the bird is calling out. Great job:)
I like this as presented Thanaboon,
The call and expression on your bird makes it for me...well done...:cool:
You made a very interesting image, Thanaboon! Great choice on the high-key and love the pose!
I'm with Kyle here. It will work much better if it were just a head or head and shoulder shot. But, just so you know, personally I find that other than head or head+shoulder shot, usually cropped bird - especially cropped spread wings, tails - never work.
Great details and exposure though !
Last edited by Desmond Chan; 09-12-2009 at 10:18 PM.
Thank you for all the comments, here is a tighter crop version with just head and shoulder.
Last edited by Thanaboon Jearkjirm; 09-13-2009 at 12:37 AM.
Love teh exposure and the details - the repost with the tighter crop definitely works better for me.
Looking forward to more.
I think the tighter crop made a good photo into and excellent photo.
Bill
Tighter crop all the way is the way to go Easy to add a little canvas around the bird !! Love the detail in the black around the head, really nice !! For this a bit of fill flash sure would help out !!! Big Congrats on this one !!!
Did you use Shadows/highlights and Levels to open up the blacks.
Looks like light was behind or side angle. Great expression and head.
Last edited by Jeff Cashdollar; 09-13-2009 at 09:27 PM.
Actually I adjusted the curve the darken the crow even more. Yes, light was coming from the side and the background was reflection of the sun on a pond.Originally Posted by Jeff Cashdollar
Here is the original image with simailar crop. The only thing I did is changing WB and save as JPEG from RAW.
Last edited by Thanaboon Jearkjirm; 09-13-2009 at 01:44 PM.
Like the high key very much and the details in the feathers. Love the open beak and the tighter crop.
Love the tight crop on this, directs all of the attention to the wonderful face.
Great capture of a very difficilt subject. I never seem to be able to expose these black birds.
Very difficult exposure black on white, you did well considering the lighting. Bet the meter was having fun.
If the crow filled a large %'s of the frame, spot might have been an option if you had time. I like what you did with this picture. Very creative, and the expression is great, wish the feet were there.
Last edited by Jeff Cashdollar; 09-13-2009 at 09:30 PM.
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