This black little fellow was checking out his surroundings at Wakodahatchee Wetlsands last Saturday mid morning. He was painted with a Nikon D70s and a Nikkor 300mm f/4D and a 1.4 T/C. / focal length 620mm / matrix metering / exposure mode manual / exposure comp 0EV / ISO - 200 / 1/320sec. - f/5.6 / WB set on auto / color mode sRGB / JPEG (8 bit) fine.
Sr. Gus, this was one of the better pictures that you showed in our class.Since I'm new to this, I don't know if the branch on the right side takes away from the photo. Any comments?
Oscar
Hey Oscar,
Glad you like it. No I think it shows the habitat and the branch is difused, out of focus it actually blends with the soft green pastel of the back ground.
We had a good day last Saturday; it was nice shooting with you guys, must do it again..
Hi Gus !!!! The one branch that bothers me is the one running into his chest from the bottom !!! You could evict the branch !!!
I like the pose and bird placement in frame The bird is looking slightly away but in this case you could say he is looking at something? My main complaint is the light angle Before you pressed the shutter there was something that was going to interfere with the overall image quality The back side has very little detail
Would try lining up the light before pulling the trigger !!!!
Thank you Harold; I'm glad you like it. But like Al says, I need to track my lighting better to get more detail on the wing. Hey...practice makes better...my next one will be a charm. Nice hearing from you. Let me know so we can hook up and go shooting. I've been told that Green Cay is fantastic.
Hey Al,
I was toying with the image of my black bird and did what you told me to eliminate the branch going into the birds chest and sharpining the eye. What do you think? Is it better???
Thanks Harold,
I used the colne stamp tool in Elements 4. Can I bring out the details on the black wing? Perhaps its too far gone. I shot 8 bit JPEG large/fine How can I do this?
Gus, you might try the shadow/highlight too in elements on the full size unsharpened image.
The white balance and this shadow highlight too would likely be very first pp steps.
The Wingman
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