Canon 7D
EF 500mm f/4L IS
Aperture Preferred @ f/8.0
ISO 200 +1/3EV
Resulting in 1/80th second
Induro C414 tripod w/ Arca-Swiss Z1 ballhead and Wimberley Sidekick
RAW conversion with DxO Optics Pro 6.2.2 with only levels and a hefty crop (around 60%)
I was mucking around in the swamp, covered with pollen and sweat, slogging through head high bull rushes and other grasses when I decided to stop and be quiet to see if something would wander by, when this guy presented himself. The cottonwood cotton is covering everything.
Last edited by David Stephens; 06-28-2010 at 09:52 AM.
Reason: add equipment
Hi David. You've gotten some nice detail on her, and the cotton adds interest. I suspect you cropped heavily to avoid surrounding vegetation, but to me it might have been better not to crop in as tightly.
Hi David - agree with Bill - a little too in your face for my personal tastes - I dont mind the HA as it looks like the bird is engaged in a activity.
SS a little slow - could have pushed that ISO to 1600 for some more SS. Looks just a tad soft - probably due to the slow SS and large crop.
Would loosen the crop up some.
Keep em coming:)
I was torn about the crop. An added attraction to the big crop, to me, was the detail of the cottonwood cotton all over the place. At a lesser crop and even at a normal internet size, that's not so clear. When I put it on Flickr, I included a less tight crop of an alternate pose on a limb with no leaves.
Here's that alternate shot and crop:
If I were going to lead with this, I'd probably Clone out that OOF limb coming out of the bird's backside.
Hi David,Interesting subject but a large crop like that will often hurt the image quality. The head is a bit soft and I also vote for more room around especially in the front of the bird. In a perfect world I would also prefer the beak not merging with the branch...
Hi David Glad you decided to stop and look !! Got rewarded !!
At this distance with the tiny dof I do prefer the head angle mostly for having more of the beak in focus but not a huge difference. The main thing affecting the image is sharpness which has to do with the low shutter speed, don't hesitate to up with the 7D ! Don't think I use 200 much for anything but intentional blurs !! .. and af wise place the point on the eye area !!
... also remember can re post original but not an additional per post !!
Common yellow-throat warbler
