another male cardinal from the Alan Murphy workshop - coming in to land at a feeder.
Alan showed us his method of capturing songbirds in flight which was a whole lot of fun - I wasn't very successful, but boy do i want to try some more. we had the 7d only a couple of weeks before the workshop - and we couldn't get the flash to work the way it needed it to - this would have been better with fill flash
The goal was to capture them when their wings were spread beautifully, which didn't happen for me, but i still like the detail in the wing and the smirk on his face.
Canon 7d, 300mm f2.8, 1/3200 sec at f/5.0 ISO 800, Manual, tripod,
pretty big crop in LR, +clarity and vibrance and fill light - left the camera profile at adobe standard
cloned corner of feeder out of lower right corner and blurred background and played with the green hue in CS5, s&h and smart sharpening on bird
Pat- Interesting--looks like he just jumped off a building and is enjoying the trip down! Wonderful background that helps emphasize the feeling of free-fall. TFS. Alex
Pat, I have been trying to get the local magpies in flight and I find it **** near impossible, so I am impressed with your result! I love the impression on his face. The complementary colours of bird and background are simply lovely. There's always room for improvement in these images, but I like this one very much.
hey Jack - can't even begin to count how many total misses (took me a LONG time to get the timing close enough to right to catch a bird in frame) and was contemplating trying to create a franken-bird from all the bits of wings, tails, heads and bodies that i have from "almost got it" shots....
Alex - you are right, he was in the final glide into landing stage. The titmice were the funniest - they looked like they would clamp their wings in tight and just lean forward and fall of the perch.
hey Levina - it is so much fun, isnt it? we are hoping to be able to get a set up working in our backyard and see if we can convince the local songbirds to fly for us - Alan Murphy gets spectacular flight shots, so we are just going to have to keep trying and see what we can do. Hope to see your magpies soon - we saw some in Texas, i think - but never for us to photograph.
Texas Cardinal in flight
can't even begin to count how many total misses (took me a LONG time to get the timing close enough to right to catch a bird in frame) and was contemplating trying to create a franken-bird from all the bits of wings, tails, heads and bodies that i have from "almost got it" shots....
