Had a chance to go to the local bird sanctuary this afternoon for a bit. I literally had just planted my tripod, had not had a chance to check any settings or take any exposure readings, when this fellow came crashing in from my left. He did land, after a fashion, but must have slid for 15 feet on his breast before coming to a stop. Really funny.
I did the only thing I could under the circumstances, I pushed the button, with the old settings, and hoped I might get something.
D700 600mm f/5.6 1/2500s ISO 800 Manual exp Gitzo/wimberley
Post: CS5 The original was significantly underexposed because the settings were from the last time I was out, a bright day. It was much darker today.
Increased exposure, adjusted the curves in ACR, selectively sharpened, minor crop for comp. Image quality suffered from the underexposure, but the low noise of the D700 helped. No noise reduction done on the image.
Makes me laugh.
Advice and comments appreciated.
Cheers
Randy







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