Hey Al and Fabs, this one is for you. This little fellow was painted with a Nikon D70s using a Nikkor 300mm f/4D at 420mm focal length with a 1.4 T/C. Used aperture priority and matrix metering at 0EV; ISO 200, and captured at 1/100sec. - f/9. Comments greatly appreciated.
Hi Gus Got him at the perfect reflection point That water is magical
I would give yourself a better chance and up the ISO which should be fine to 400 or so !!! Also open up the lens In this case shutter speed would be more important then dofs Excellent placement for the little guy If anything would take a tad of the top for proportion
Just made a couple of changes added canvas on the back (just a tad) color balance and worked on the eye so it appears sharper Looking forward to shooting with you at Crandon !!!!
Gus, the water here is spectacular and takes this image to a new level. I share the feelings of the others that a faster shutter speed (via higher ISO and opened up lens - lower f-number) would have helped you to obtain a sharp image of the Blue-winged Teal. With time all the elements will come together!
Jim, Al, and Judd...
I greatly appreciate you comments. Your points are well taken. I promise it will be better for the next time. Al, thanks for your help on the image. You must show me how to do that in Photoshop...
Gus for the color balance I used iCorrect lab pro Just place the cursor on a neutral area and click Was just off by a tad ....btw at some point we should let ti be known how much is a tad :cool:) Extending canvas we have a tutorial somewhere If you can't find it let me know and will show you !!!
Morning Stroll
