Harrier

[Desmond Chan]

D300 200-400f4 + 1.4TC = 550 hand-held. Manual exposure mode, all natural light. ISO 1600 f5.6 1/640s.

From Dec 2008. Cropped. Re-processed from jpeg.

C&C welcome !

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

I like the background that show good environment and your placement of the bird in the frame, fits the direction in which the eye is looking well. Is this a heavy crop?

[David Stephens]

Looks like your near dawn or dusk with a TC, so you were forced to a pretty high ISO. I think we see the effect of that, but despite that, I really like the image. The bird separates amazingly well from the somewhat similar BG. You have good eye focus, a great subject and good composition.

Did you apply Noise Reduction? If so, which software?

Dave

[Lance Peters]

Lots to like here Desmond - is it just my tired eye's or is there some smearing/loss of detail on the top of the wings?
Like the BG - Good HA. 1600 iso looks pretty good.
TFS

[Gus Cobos]

Well done Desmond,
The bird is placed just right in frame, and I like the capture angle, you have fine details and a sharp eye...good show...:cool:

[Jeff Cashdollar]

I agree w/Lance, looks like detail is lost or flat in places? Might be a tad sharp as well.

Anyway, I love the BG and all BIF pictures are challenging, love the wing position and wing-tips. Composition/placement is great.

[Desmond Chan]

Is this a heavy crop?

Cropped but not heavy crop.

Thanks for the comments, Jearkjirm !

[Desmond Chan]

Looks like your near dawn or dusk with a TC, so you were forced to a pretty high ISO. I think we see the effect of that,

Not if it were taken by a D700 :). Seriously, it was taken at around 4:30pm on Dec 19, 2008. Perhaps an hour or so before sunset. The main thing is, if I remember correctly, it was largely back-lit from the 10 o'clock direction from where I stood, and I needed to open up to get details of the bird but at the same time had a decent shutter speed to use. This pic is actually slightly over-exposed, if I remember correctly (I put away the original raw file somewhere now) and so the raw image is quite flat.

Did you apply Noise Reduction? If so, which software?

I have two: Neat Image and Dfine 2.0. Been using Dfine 2.0 more lately. For this one originally I might have ran it through Neat Image. The ISO 1600 of a D300 is not that bad actually.


Thank you for the comments, David !

[Desmond Chan]

is it just my tired eye's or is there some smearing/loss of detail on the top of the wings?

You could be right on that...I don't mean your tired eyes :D

[Desmond Chan]

I agree w/Lance, looks like detail is lost or flat in places? Might be a tad sharp as well.

Anyway, I love the BG and all BIF pictures are challenging, love the wing position and wing-tips. Composition/placement is great.

It was not taken under the ideal situation and so a so-so result :D

Thanks for the comments, Jeff !


Thank you everyone !!

[Alfred Forns]

I think you made the best possible image from your position. Particularly like the tech settings going with the higher ISO !!! Big Congrats !!!

[Ray Rozema]

Impressive how the bird stands out from the BKGR. Agree w others some areas of the bird look a little soft. Beautiful wing postion. TFS