Don't know what kind of a bird this is. Anyhow this was taken at Metro Zoo, wings of Asia exhibit last weekend. Feedbacks are needed Please!!!!
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon 300mm f/4 w/1.4tc
Focal length:420mm
Exposure Mode: Manual
ISO: 200
Aperture: 7.1
Shutter: 1/1250
Exposure Comp: -1.3 EV
cool bird, oscar. my first thought is that if you had a flash, you could have exposed the dark part of the head and back. that would have definitely blackened out the bg giving you a very nice portrait. the only other thing i could say is you could get a better head angle with more eye contact. feather and face detail looks a tad soft but i dont think that would be a problem correcting with a little USM.
nice capture. i'm gonna have to check out metro zoo. do you know if it's better than the palm beach zoo?
Interesting bird Oscar.
I notice that you set exposure manually with a -1.3EV, that may have been a bit much. This is a good case
where looking at the histogram on the camera, would have shown how far left the white really is. A neg EV
may definitely be correct, but just a wee bit much here
Very nice bird Oscar, I have no idea as to what it is...:(
It's been my experience in Metro Zoo you wind up using your flash more and more, especially inside the bird complex also for fill in flash in the surrounding exibits to off set the harsh shadows cast by Mr. Sun.
Hi Oscar I think this is a third cousin to a Gungahusker !!!!!!
Remember the head angle This one is turned away and tilted just a bit When composing and the bird has such a prominent eye try placing it on one of the intersecting thirds Would love seeing the eye more to the right
I thought you did very well with the limited light Sharp for 1/250 At the zoo using a light is the key Better taking turns with another photographer and use a slave strobe Can come up with amazing images that way !!!
Oscar, this bird is a Lapwing of sorts, it looks very much like the Masked Lapwing that is common here in Australia and that has a very bad habit of building nests in the most obscure public places (i.e. sporting ovals, shopping centre car parks, etc).
Scott, thank you for the info on this bird. As mentioned on the caption, I shot this at our local zoo which has an immense aviary called wings of asia. Although they have birds from different parts of the world.
Again, thank you for your information
Regards,
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