Bosque: The Sweet Light

[Doug Brown]

I photographed this Crane from the Flight Deck as it was coming home for the night. Only a couple of minutes of light (it was concealed by clouds) but it sure was sweet. I removed portions of a couple of other birds from the frame and cleaned up the vegetation a little.



Canon 7D, 500mm + 1.4x, f/5.6, 1/1250, ISO 1250, hand held

[Nancy A Elwood]

Doug that is as perfect as can be!! That light is soooo good!! I love the angle and the wing spread.

[Phil Ertel]

Hi Doug, Pretty impressive hand held capture. I think your image has good exposure and sharpness. I like the composition. The landing pose is great in my opinion as it shows the under-wing detail very nicely. Good head angle with a good view of the eye. I also like the background. Thanks for sharing.

[David Fletcher]

Pretty neat shot Doug. Lovely pose and colors. Very nicely done sir!

[Elmar Venter]

Well done Doug, this image certainly catches the eye. Great wingspread and head angle and prefect light.

[denise ippolito]

Gorgeous Doug! The lighting, colors, details and the pose are all great!!

[Jim Fenton]

Doug...

Really enjoy the light, the pose and the way the eye pops.

I will also note that I have yet to see a 7D image from anyone that looks like it's critically sharp relative to fine detail? Something about the detail seems to be smoothed out or lacking. I realize that this was created with a fairly shallow DOF and that adds to the equation.

[Doug Brown]

I will also note that I have yet to see a 7D image from anyone that looks like it's critically sharp relative to fine detail? Something about the detail seems to be smoothed out or lacking.

Hi Jim. Can't say that I agree with your statement about all 7D images. In this particular case the image was captured at ISO 1250 and it's safe to say that fine detail was somewhat negatively impacted.

Have a look at this thread that I posted a few days ago. I included a 100% crop of the RAW file somewhere in the thread. I have plenty of what I consider to be tac-sharp images, but of course people differ on what they consider to be tac-sharp. I've never shot Nikon so I'm not sure what fine detail looks like at 100% on Nikon bodies. But in the Canon scheme of things the 7D is capable of excellent fine detail IMO.

[Jim Fenton]

Thanks Doug....I'll take a look at the thread.

I had seriously considered this camera and a Canon 600, but I've yet to see an image that appears to have the detail it should. Perhaps I'll get eductaed on your thread :)

[Ben Egbert]

I photographed this Crane from the Flight Deck as it was coming home for the night. Only a couple of minutes of light (it was concealed by clouds) but it sure was sweet. I removed portions of a couple of other birds from the frame and cleaned up the vegetation a little.



Canon 7D, 500mm + 1.4x, f/5.6, 1/1250, ISO 1250, hand held

Thats a grogeous image Doug. Good job on the clean-up as well. I have spent the morning trying to clean up background on just one image and it is a daunting task for sure. I am also impressed at an ISO1250 7D shot. Guess all those folks badmouthing the ISO of this camera at the other forum are full of it.

[WilliamSnyder]

Nice shot, especially considering it was hand held. I have been less than impressed with high ISO images from my 7D so far. I think Canon may have pushed a little too far with the MPixels for this size sensor.

[Miklós Ónodi]

Perfect light, colors, bg and pose. Great image!

Miklós
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[Matt Vosniak]

OMG Doug this is fabulous. The pose and composition you captured here are just amazing. I don't know if you could have made a better shot than this. Just one of those magical opportunities when everything comes together perfectly.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Doug you are rocking that 7D. Gorgeous pose, magic light, killer techs and all round applause here...

[gary rouleau]

Real sweet for sure!!

gary

[Jay Gould]

When all you can say is "attaboy" then you say "attaboy"!!

Fabulous!!

[Malcolm Benn]

Beautiful image Doug .. you certainly made the most of the light.

[EdNguyen]

Great shot, Doug! I love the golden light. I have been contemplating the purchase of a 7D. This image makes my decision easier for sure.

[James Salywoda]

I see every bit of fine detail on my monitor especially at that high ISO my friend this is stunning great pose and setting I totally wish this was mine Doug.

[paul leverington]

Oh man--you ain't kidding! This is superb Doug. I can't find a thing to nit about. Would look wonderful on a large canvas! Way to go Senor Brown.

Paul

[Arthur Morris]

Love it for all the reasons above. You needed the perfect wind and you got it. For the repost all that I did was select the bird with a Quick Mask, sharpen it at 185/.3/0 and take a bit off of the bottom.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Yikes!

Arthur really got the ''sweet light'' here! Love this repost, as I have mentioned before, I love saturated colors, and this one is full of warm ones.

Love the open wings and their details, the eye, the BG, even the nails!

I would love to have this one hanging in my living room wall!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Oh I forgot. Details at ISO 1250 are exceptional, I would be pleased to have a 7D!

[paul leverington]

Artie--Your version looks quite a bit warmer--what did you do for that?

Paul

[Arthur Morris]

Artie--Your version looks quite a bit warmer--what did you do for that? Paul

Nada. I saved it as a JPEG and then opened and re-saved it as a JPEG. I agree that it looks warmer now. No clue as to why....

[Danny J Brown]

I'm coming in late here Doug but I wanted to let you know that I agree with the other 20 - 30 comments that this is a phenomenal shot. Definitely a wallhanger! Thanks for inspiring us.

[Bonnie Block]

Killer, Doug! Great light, pose and bg. Arties rendition is over the top!

[Rohan Kamath]

i just loved the light and the lovely wing spread here... everything already said, i'll just kick back and enjoy this one... :D

-Cheers,
Rohan
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[Stu Bowie]

Let me add my congrats on a fine image Doug. Super landing posture, with the outspread wings, and the soft light and warm colours, puts this over the top.

[William Currie]

This is a really nice image Doug colors are great. I allso own a 7D and am loving it its better than people are giving it credit

[Clement Francis]

I think everything good that needs to be said have been said already, one amazing shot this..

[arash_hazeghi]

Sweet light and one of the best landing poses against a nice BG. detail is good, for those who are nitpicking you can run another run of NR just under the wings. I actually prefer the original post, Artie's repost is good but a bit grainy.

TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

great shot as mentioned above ( just finding out the prices of the 7D here ;-) ) I like gurus repost as it looks more sharper ( but a bit noisy) and the comp adds a bit. very well made image Doug.. congrats..

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for the comments everyone, and thanks for the repost Artie!

[paul leverington]

Nada. I saved it as a JPEG and then opened and re-saved it as a JPEG. I agree that it looks warmer now. No clue as to why....

Well whatever happened it looks better that way!

[Narayan Pai]

lovely light ,good exposure , very good at ISO 1250 ....looks like the 7D is very good :)

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Love the original post. Looks quite sharp and the light is divine !!!

[Danny Laredo]

Congrats on a fine fine image. The light and flight pose are simply outstanding.