Easy fishin' in Katmai
Very Cool, appears a tad dark, we need your specs as well. Thks dfor sharing!
don
Hi Rajivsarathy, certainly a cool shot, however there are sharpening halos around the mouth of the bear and the fish. Think a slightly tighter, portrait (format) might be better?
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Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
I'm a embarrassed to say that I took this shot with a digital point-and-shoot. When I went to Katmai in 2005, I was still using film (Nikon N90) and, unfortunately, had technical difficulties with that body. So, I snatched my wife's Kodak auto-everything-point-and-shoot to grab this image. (EDIT: I just realized that I took this photo exactly 5 years ago yesterday!)
Kodak Z740: 36mm zoom, f/3.2, 1/1000sec, -1/2EV compensation, and ISO 80. Cropped, sharpened, and adjusted lighting/levels in Capture NX.
Maybe it's my uncalbrated monitor, but I'm not seeing the halo.
Last edited by rajivsarathy; 07-01-2010 at 02:39 PM.
Never be embarrassed, good to see what you can do with a point-and-shoot. Thanks for the explanation and data.
look around the jaws of the mouth & nose.
Steve ;)
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Well, your timing was incredible. Thanks for sharing. I'll be at Brooks next week and hope to capture a similar moment.
Rachel
Rachel, next week should be perfect to catch such a moment. I look forward to seeing some photos when you return. I'd go back in a heartbeat, but there are so many places in the world I've yet to visit. I've been to Alaska thrice in the last five years and still feel like I've only scratched the surface.
terrific capture for both of you , big congrats
TFS
Thanks.
My capture was luckier than the bear's, I think. I took about 100 shots before I got this one. The shutter lag of a point-and-shoot is of course ridiculously long and so for some shots I was too early, for other shots too late, and the fish in the remaining didn't end up near the bear. However, I remember that others there with SLRs and long lenses were almost (but not entirely) as frustrated in their attempts.
I agree that the image is dark. I don't like monkeying around with images that much (I'm a Kodachrome kinda guy) and just switched from JPEG to RAW a couple of years ago, but still haven't gotten into the rhythm of PP other than some minor sharpening and levels/curves. Here, lightening the bear would start blowing out the water and so I need to do some selective masking first. I'd rather be out shooting more, but will get back to some photos that require some PP someday....
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