I had the privilege of spending a number of hours floating around with a pair of juvi common loons on a northern Michigan lake recently. They have just started flying. This youngster was getting limbered up!
D700 500mm f/4 with 1.4 TC Manual exp, f/6.3 1/1250s ISO 640 SB800 with better beamer,+1.3 EV. It was a dim day, so needed a bit of help on lighting.
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CS4 PS, curves, selective sharpening, small crop for comp.
In a perfect world, I wish he was turned a bit more towards me, but I liked the profile effect of his face from this angle.
Randy, The water color accents the juvi nicely. I like the pose and the fantastic details. Glad to see you back and glad that you were able to spend time with the loons. I know how much you enjoy them.
Hi Randy, the juvi looks like he's posing proudly for you - good wing stretch captured. Overall well exposed, good underwing detail, and I too like the water colour. Maybe a tad tight on the right.
Very nice image Randy - the soft, even lighting and detail are just excellent. I think the pano crop works very well here (although I'd have left a bit more on the right). Is the image the full width of the frame? (or is the slight vignetting on the top by design?)
Jeff: The image is full frame on the horizontal axis. I cropped up a bit from the bottom. The f/4 will show a bit of vignetting on the full frame D700. I agree, a smidge tight on the right. Can add canvas.
Thanks again!
Randy
Last edited by Randy Stout; 09-10-2010 at 09:32 PM.
Stretching those young wings - common loon juvi
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