The Great White

[Bill McCrystyn]

D300 200-400VR 1.4TC EFL840mm ISO400 1/3200 EV-3.33 f/5.6 Handheld Boat 4:47PM

We are losing our light fast and fall colors are starting to creep in. Caught this guy getting some rest right after a dog fight across the lake with a GBH. I hated to disturb him but don't get the opportunity to get these guys that often. Not as clean as I hoped but I will turn my filter on low from now on, in these dark siuations.

[Lance Peters]

HI Bill - Good looking bird - Light looks like it was against you here - some of your whites are a little up there - pushing 255 in some spots.
Would sharpen the bird a tad more and run some NR on the background.
TFS

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the setting, eye contact and wide crop. There seems to be some lack of fine detail, is it a heavy crop?

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

My question was exactly going to be Axel's. Is it a large crop? The composition is exactly what it should be IMO. With more fine details, it would have looked better.

KD

[Bill McCrystyn]

Thanks Lance, Axel and you guys for holding my feet to the fire. It was a very large crop and I didn't pay attention to the bumps I made in levels when I should be checking the curves. I am going to have to start doing a better job in conversion and not trying to reley on my subjective assesment. I am going to ease back on the crop and start from scratch in RAW and see if I can't do better.

[Chris van Rooyen]

I like the contrast between the dark foliage and the white bird. Sharpness could be a bit better?

[Bill McCrystyn]

less noise - better levels - thanks guys