This American Oystercatcher was photographed at Nickerson on 8-24 with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 1,4X II TC, and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stops: 1/250 sec. at f/8 set manually.
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Soft Light Oystercatcher
This American Oystercatcher was photographed at Nickerson on 8-24 with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 1,4X II TC, and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stops: 1/250 sec. at f/8 set manually.
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great soft lighting. Angle of the the bird, colour highlights and crab make a great image. I think a slight contrast boost would be worth exploring.
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Great angle and DOF. Like that eye and the catch adds to the IMG. You have nailed the exposure here Arthur. Maybe add a tad of contrast ?
I think the contrast looks great on the head and beak. I like the lightness and softness around the bird, really brings out its colors.
Artie, I like the catch that the OC has and the slope of the beach. The details and exposure are great. The soft lighting is lovely.
Guru I humbly request you to kindly spare me for daring to post a change i had in my mind for this frame.
It's obviously a lovely, simple, action-packed capture with a beautiful bird angle.
I think the gentleman from India showed why people requesting more contrast
were making an excellent suggestion. However, I wonder if the color of the beak
in his edit needs to be masked; I prefer the color of the beak in the original capture as being more representational
than the redder hue of the alternate take. Congrats, Artie!
Thank you for the repost Mital. Ron, it is good to see you commenting here. With my calibration strip perfectly adjusted, the repost is too dark for me, especially the head but I do appreciate the effort. Differences in overall tonality are effected by many factors including the viewing angle to the monitor, PC or MAC, and the lighting in the room. Strangely enough, the image was optimized by Robert O'Toole and his original version was noticeably lighter than the one I posted above. I think that they call it different strokes.....
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oh thats really strange. i think i need to re-evaluate my spyder 3 calibration then artie.. and Ron i always like to make correction as per my thought and post so i can get reaction on that perfectly like you gave and it gives me so much learning like u said i totally missed the beak part.
Not being aware about that calibration part artie has suggested i have to relook now in my images as well :)
If the beak is going to be masked, then the eye-arcs will need to be as well.
The black and white feathers of the bird give very appealing contrast under diverse conditions.
Here's an example of a similar shot presented from my experience that was interestingly captured
-1 2/3 stops from Artie's, and to me not in need of modification (as a documentary shot) . . .
Note flash was used.
Last edited by Bob Pelkey; 09-20-2010 at 10:35 PM.
Here is a bit more on the calibration strip for the new folks:Originally Posted by mitalpatel
At the bottom of each BPN page, there is a calibration strip. Whenever you work on a computer with an LCD monitor, it is important that you adjust the angle of the monitor so that you can distinguish the tones in the last two boxes on the right--the two lightest boxes, and you can--at the same time-distinguish the tones in the last two boxes on your left, the two darkest boxes. Once that is done you cab be sure that you will be seeing the light tones and the dark tones correctly. I check the calibration strips dozens of times each day as your posture and the lighting conditions in the room will effect the appearance of the strip....
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So much to learn! Thanks for the tip about checking the strip, Artie. I do see variations in every panel on mine. I'll check that in the future.
I think Bob is correct about his image. Putting aside composition, I prefer that edit from the standpoint of color, contrast
and saturation. Isn't it wonderful so many people can be right with different opinions?
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