This is a hard nest to shoot. Only have two decent angles, and they are too steep.
Manual Metering
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/6.7
Focal Length: 850 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash
Hawk
This is a hard nest to shoot. Only have two decent angles, and they are too steep.
Manual Metering
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/6.7
Focal Length: 850 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash
Hi Troy
I like the way its framed and nailed the exposure ... also sharp. Agree on the steep angle and one thing you can do is back off and stick a 2X converter, will help a bit !! bg wise would be a labor of love but can try to fill in the bright white spots !!! Should get some awesome images of the parents bringing food !!! Excellent image !!! .. btw like the framing and room give !!!
Hi Troy - sweet image - don think you could have done any better with what you had to work with.
AL nailed it -Like it a lot.
Very cool. I also like the way the bird is framed by the hanging moss.
Peter
Al, thanks. I am learning how to use burn tool and I am horrible at it.Originally Posted by Alfred Forns
Had to shoot across the state park road, if you move back further, it would only lower my angle even more. I don't have the 2.0TC III, want one though :)
The male would fly in a out with food in the morning but it was quick, in and drop it, then out. I shot them for about 10 mins, and spotted a doe and a fawn. I will go back and get more shots from this nest soon.
Thanks, Lance. Thanks, Al.
Peter, it just happened that the available shooting angle is framed correctly also.
Hi Troy For those areas the burn tool will not work You would need to clone things into the area and will be difficult getting something realistic. This suggestion would take it out of the "photo" category and place it in "DC" and would be to place an entire new bg from other areas of the tree ... can be done but will take time !!!
Troy,
Greetings. Very nice. I like the framing, subject pose, and environment. Some selective tonal adjustments to the background (short of cloning out all the bright spots) could help separate the subject some. I tried a few quick things:
I made a mask for the subject and foreground moss, nest and used it and an inverted mask to apply different tonal adjustments to the bg and fg. For the background, a couple of curves one to tone down the bright spots (in luminance) also darkened leaves. A second curve to add some color to the bright spots using blue and green curves adjustments (this adds to the color separation from the predominant red in the bird's whites). For the foreground, a duplicate layer with screen blending mode at only about 15% opacity brightens and sharpens the fg a bit.
I know these adjustments can sound like a lot (and for such subtle changes) but once one is comfortable with simple masks and curves adjustments they actually go pretty quick (er, for this size image... a little more care would be required for the full size, headed for print master). At least a quick pass can be done to see if the more precise work would be worth the effort...
Cheers,
-Michael-
Hi Michael I think this image needs a little more regarding the bg What I think detracts are all the bright stops, toning down doesn't do much. With the re post there is an area left of the bird that now looks bright and grabs my attention, when I look at the image my eyes go right to that spot !! Thanks for taking the time to re post and changes make sense for most any other image !!
If it was mine I would keep as posted and enjoy a wonderful image !!!
I agree. It is an image that I would just keep as it for the memory. Hopefully these babies will start getting on the surrounding area. Will try to go back again soon to get some shots.
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