Taken at Knysna,western Cape,South Africa
Camera ;Canon 1 D mark 111
Lens :canon 300mm f 2.8
ISO :640
SS 1/2500
F/8
Exp +1/3
Taken at Knysna,western Cape,South Africa
Camera ;Canon 1 D mark 111
Lens :canon 300mm f 2.8
ISO :640
SS 1/2500
F/8
Exp +1/3
Uitstekend! I love the "fingertips" here, Jan, as well as the fact that he is flying to the right. The eyes follow him and stop dead on his eye!
Last edited by Callie de Wet; 01-06-2010 at 02:58 PM.
looks a bit tight...beautiful pose,light,eye contact!
Quite striking. Love the curled primaries and the rich colors. And the pano crop. Had the bird been lower in the sky it would have been even better.
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Lovely sharpness and detail on the plumage. I like the hint of clouds in the BG.
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Nice Jan, love the details and colors. wing position is good too, a bit too tight on the left IMO.
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thnks for comments I realize it was tight but unfortunately it was FULL FRAME on the 300mm lens.The only thing I could have done is to add some canvass .Can we do it on our images ?
jan:confused:
Last edited by Jan Fourie; 01-07-2010 at 10:13 AM. Reason: enlarge canvass
Jan
Select the BG colour the same as the BG in front or at the back of the bird. Then crop the whole picture, and grab the frame at its"handles and pull as much as you like until you have the sixe required. Enter, and you hav a larger canvass and minimum cloning to fix the/blens the BG colours.
thnks have done it and reposted
jan