Wood Sandpiper 2

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi

Taken from hide

1/800 ISO 400 100-400 @400 60 CROP

Rich

[Bob Decker]

The bird looks nice and sharp, however it kind of gets lost in the background. A smaller aperature/shallower depth of field might have helped a bit. Also, anytime shooting a small ground creater from a hide/blind you're at a disadvantage by being above the subject. A shot on the subjects eye-level will almost always be more pleasing.

[Richard Unsworth]

Bob

Doesn't smaller aperture increase depth of field?
I was at 5.6 so shallowest depth for me already - Canon 100-400 f5.6
Hide shots are all I canget there, not ideal you are right; they are built for birdwatchers not photographers, still at least the bird is rare here, so I had to take ;)
eye level is best agreed, pity can't get out front on to the spit where the birds are...
no matter, I think I did ok with what I had. Lots of big lenses present as this bird caused quite a stir locally.

Rich

[Lance Peters]

HI Rich - is it a large crop? IQ seems to be suffering quite a bit.
Rare Bird 0 I would have taken any shot for a record as well - always do.

Cant open up any wider than 5.6 on your lens so not much you could have done in regards to the BG. Area's with limited access are always a challenge somethime you get lucky and sometimes you dont.
Keep em coming :)

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi Lance

Asking too much from my rig I think..

food for thought
Rich

[Deborah Harrison]

The busy background detracts from a lovely image of this sandpiper. Also the glare from the water reflections needs to be tempered. Hopefully one of the PS/Lightroom experts on this forum will be able to help you.

[Bob Decker]

Bob

Doesn't smaller aperture increase depth of field?

Yep, larger = shallower. Mis-type on my part. Was trying to sneak in a couple quick critiques at work. ;)

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Lance, Asking too much from my rig I think.. food for thought. Rich

Hi Richard, It is hard to believe that this image was taken and processed by the same photographer who created this Marbled Godwit image: http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...read.php?70084. The image quality here is very poor, the BKRG is brutally distracting, and most importantly, the bird's head is angled away from you... What aperture?

Where was this image created?

[Richard Unsworth]

hI aRTHUR

Not much I can say to that except agree :o aperture was 5.6

created? CS4 taken at Penington Flash UK where there is a lot of nasty debris. Problem is when anything comes reasonably close , always the BG is crap as one is not allowed outside the hide onto the spit where the birds are. :(

On the river was entirely different of course,,,and yes it was me!!!!

Rich

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Richard, I was thinking that there were two of you. And I am betting that in the image above that you sharpened the BKGR. Never do that when there is lots of detail in the BKGR. This one deserves the delete key from the guy who made that very nice Marbled Godwit image :)