Dunlin
Camera: 7D
Lens: 300/2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/320
Aperture: f8
ISO: 200
Metering Method: Manual
Support: Hand held
After years of editing on a CRT I have just got a LCD screen and things look very different - editing seems a whole new ball game so I would be interested in what you think of this.
This is a fairly hefty crop as there were other birds in the frame (hence f8).
Converted in DPP and the usual adjustments in CS4 (Levels, highlights/shadows, sharpening (lab mode).
Hi Roy - Like the pose,exposure looks good and sharp to boot. Nice catchlight in the eye.
Feels like it needs a little CW rotation.
I dont understand what you mean here....
This is a fairly hefty crop as there were other birds in the frame (hence f8).
BG is a little busy - but not much you could do about that.
Good show :)
Thanks for the feedback Lance. What I meant was I was actually trying to take a shot a two birds in the same frame which is why I stopped down to f8 to try and get both birds in focus. Unfortunately the other bird was slightly out of focus so I have just cropped the one bird. Had I been taking the one bird shot I would probably have opened up to f5.6 to try and throw the BG OOF a bit more.Originally Posted by Lance Peters
I take your point about the rotation - never even thought about that but a couple of degrees clockwise would probably do it.
Hi Roy - as you found out F8 was never going to be enough DOF unless the bird was pretty much level with this one - lots of handy DOF calculators are available --- even for your phone. Can come in handy!!
nice one Roy,the detail in the feathers do it for me,as been said by Lance,needs a bit of CW rotation.thanks.
Nicely sharp...only wish bg were not so busy..but as is still very nice shot!
Nice roosting pose. Getting right down on the mud may have helped to provide you with a slightly better bg, or moving slighlty to your right to not have the rock behind the birds head. Lots of nice details in the bird nonetheless.
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