Several friends of mine and I visited Wolfe Island on Lake Ontario yesterday to try and find, and photograph some short-eared owls. Although we were unsuccessful we did see at least 5 Snowy owls, more than 15 rough legged hawks, two red-tails, a kestrel, wild turkeys, a coyote and a skunk.
I was also able to create this image of a Ring-necked pheasant. It was my first time photographing this species. I know that the white neck ring is hot but I was pleased with the overall exposure especially in this frame where the bird was really moving quickly across the snow.
Rebel XT & Sigma 50-500mm @500mm on Manfroto monopod. ISO equiv. 400, F 8.0, 1/1250 sec
Image cropped to about 60% of full frame. Levels adjusted and white balance corrected to Daylight.
Last edited by Arthur Morris; 02-25-2008 at 05:27 PM.
I like the action - these birds can really move! Nice job of stopping him in mid-stride. The bird looks a bit light on my monitor. Maybe add a little room on the left.
Nicely done. I love the stride and the shadow. The bird's head and neck looks a tad soft... Note that with the sun from the right and the bird angling left you made out OK.
later and love, artie
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That unexpected pheasant appearance was a nice surprise wasn't it? A treat to photograph too and from what I've read they are very skittish therefore we were lucky to have been afforded a few minutes with those two birds. As previously stated the head and neck look a bit soft - these birds are so fast and hard to freeze perfectly!! Great running pose you got, very alert looking, and the fresh snow looks great as a backdrop. It was a fun day. :-)
Thank you everyone. As suggested I tried to do some selective sharpening of the head and neck. I'm new to selective sharpening but thanks to Linda Robbins I'm trying it out.
Last edited by Stephen Stephen; 02-26-2008 at 08:27 PM.
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Male Ring-Neck Pheasant
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