Ruddy Turnstone
D70s 70-200+2X@360 1/250 f5.6 ISO400 0EV handheld
Here is another Turnstone (image made yesterday) to go along with Gerald's bathing-beauty post of today. My guy has been working turning over stones and has a beak that could stand some cleaning up. I like the strong contrasty look of these birds. Adjustments made in LR2 . . .
Wendell
Hi Wendell,
Good to see you are on the Turnstone trail, also. Your American breed seems to be a little different in its colouring than the one over here. The European variety doesn't seem to have as much black plumage and the browns aren't quite as red, either. The black around the breast on yours is more like a brown waistcoat on mine. I'll have to see if I can find a good one that shows the plumage better.
Your shot looks like the 1/250 second speed may not have been quite fast enough on this occasion with 360mm - handheld. I didn't have my tripod when I did my turnstone shot, so I was down lying on the beach and resting the lens on my camera bag - which also helped with the low angle.
My cheapest photographic accessory is also one of my most used - a 3ft by 5ft piece of rubber pond liner which is a very handy ground mat for down at the beach :D
Best regards,
Gerald
Hi Wendell - this one looks quite soft - as mentioned SS a little slow - could have pushed the ISO a tad more for some extra speed.
Did you clone anything out on the RHS - some artifacts there perhaps??
Hi Wendell, Also agree the image is soft. The 2x slowed you down also. I would crop this just below the blue.
Hi Gerald -- Yes, I now see that 1/250 was not fast enough. Also, Looks like Turnstones are a bit different the world over.
Lance: You have a sharp eye. As I recall I cloned a very deep, black hole at the rear of the bird. How did you see that? Is it so obvious?
And Dave: 2X, which I often need for distance, softens most of my images. (A longer lens would be nice . . .). I try to keep my crops at a 2X3 ratio; I agree that something narrower would be better here.
Hi Wendell, the reason for the softness might be due to camera shake since you were HH at 1/250...
If the 2x softens an image that much I might be hesitatant to use it...
Hi Wendell - the repeating patterns are a dead give away :)Originally Posted by wendell westfall
Lance, 'preciate the close scrutiny.
And Dave, I'll try to determine which of those two possibilities it was when I go out tomorrow morning.
Hi Wendell,
I did some checking - looks like yours is a male in breeding plumage (April), while mine is in non-breeding plumage (November). I'll have to get down to the beech and see if I can find any now in the breeding plumage, also!
Gerald
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