Green Heron

[Oscar Vazquez-Ortiz]

Taken in Wako today to become familiar with my new 50D.

Techs: 50D, Lens 100-400mm, f/5.6, 1.1250sec, ISO-400, 0 EC, FL 350mm, Spot,
AP. Small crop, some overall NR. I hope I resized it properly.

C/C welcomed and encouraged.

Tks,

Oscar

[William Malacarne]

Oscar

I think you have a green cast to it...Its legs should be yellow or orange in color.

Bill

[Lance Peters]

Hi Oscar - agree with Bill - image seems to have a green colour cast - also looks quite soft and seems to have a possible halo around parts of teh bird also.
Maybe post the original with just a straight conversion.
:)

[Don Hamilton Jr.]

oscar, congrats on your new camera, and yes the same as above, green, and i'm not sure about the soft , as your shutter sped is up there, should help if handhold is an issue. Thks for sharing.
Don

[Oscar Vazquez-Ortiz]

Thanks guys! Do you think it might be the image settings? This camera sure has a lot of settings! Not as simple as my D80 for sure.
To give you an idea of the environment, it was very cloudy today. I am also thinking like Don that I might have a handhold issue.
The little guy looked quite sharp in my monitor. Just gotta keep on working on this! Thanks again.

O

[Lance Peters]

Hi Oscar - would also not use spot metering!! Eval I think is the Canon equiv of Nikons matrix metering.
What did you spot meter from??

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Oscar Nothing much to do with image settings !! Image is soft out of the camera and something going on with processing ... just post original and will give it a try !!! by the way, camera performs well and I made lots of good images with it !! .. .read the manual several times !!!

[Oscar Vazquez-Ortiz]

Thanks guy! Alfred, I have read the manual and I am fixing to read it again plus used Arthur Morris' suggested 50D settings. Also bought a book on the 50D by David Busch.
I am happy with the gear, it is quite a machine! Just got to get the operator up to snuff. Were you shooting in Wako yesterday? Saw a couple that looked like you guys.

One more question: could it be the white balance? I accidentally had in AUTO.

Happy shooting!

Oscar

[Dave Mills]

Hi Oscar, agree with others on the cast and sharpness. Looks like a HH issue due to the SS.