Haven't been holding up my end on this forum, hope to get back with it soon!
This image was made at a park that has very human friendly waterfowl, a first for me. I attempted to get low (on the ground) for some water images and almost got trampled:D
Hi Nonda these guys can be dangerous !!!!!!! Sure is keeping an eye on you !!!
I like your exposure clean bg and sharp focus My suggestion would be trying to get closer to the bird so you don't need the converter At the shorter focal length you can get away with a little less shutter speed stopping down more and having more dof (less focal length) The eye looks sharp but there is no crisp detail around it I know what that camera is capable to do
Also a little work around the eye to make slightly lighter then saturate would make it look even better !!! btw I used that combo 2.8 with Mk3 at Newfoundland last summer and gave outstanding results Even the AF speed was good with a 2X !!!
:D. You are absolutely right about the 1.4 Alfred I sure didn't need it! Not something that happens around here often at all. I was doing some serious backing up while still trying to make some images, bit un-nerved by the whole thing. My 200f2.8 would have been perfect.
Could you give me a quick visual on what you mean about the eye?
Nonda never owned a 300 2.8 I'm sure Robert can tell you better but there should be some dof loss with the increase focal length Quality wise there should be very little difference
The 200 2.8 would be perfect and fun I do a lot of these guys and just try to get the perfect image .... keep going back:cool:
Alfred I mean the post work you would do on the eye. Pretty please if you have the time.
On the DOF part of it ' I think' is using the same DOF I used with the 30D, what seemed to work fine with the 1.6 crop body isn't enough with the 1.3?? Maybe?
Here it is Nonda I selected the eye and lighten some then saturated Then selected the pupil and darkened more In this case is not dramatic but does look a little better I think is all just little changes here and there
Graylag Portrait
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