I am sitting at home in NH thinking of our trip to Florida last month. I took this shoot on an outing with James on the Hoptie Deux almost a full month ago - time flies.
D3X 600 with 1.4 tc 1/1000 at f6.3 iso 500.
Flying spoonbill
I am sitting at home in NH thinking of our trip to Florida last month. I took this shoot on an outing with James on the Hoptie Deux almost a full month ago - time flies.
D3X 600 with 1.4 tc 1/1000 at f6.3 iso 500.
Amazing shot, great colours and detail. IMO is perfect...
Allan:
Lovely colors, ,sharp, well exposed.
Is too tight left and esp. right for my taste. Even if full frame, which would represent a very impressive capture (to fit him in!) I would extend the canvas.
In a perfect world, I would prefer the near wing to be more fully up to show the underside better. I like the dorsal view of the back wing, but feel the image would be stronger with with the near wing up more.
James certainly provides many wonderful memories
Cheers
Randy
Fantastic light and IQ...Hot spot on the neck a minor distraction....But not too much...Still a great image
super colours and detail. Ditto to add some canvas in front of the bird.
Chris Kotze
How's this?
Tight for a flight shot but am guessing you must be happy nothing is clipped :-) loved the light, angle of the bird and the BG. Awesome shot. I am with Randy on extending the canvas suggestion.
Allan:
Better, but still too tight for my tastes. Let him breath a bit
Cheers.
Randy
A bit tight, but wow the light quality..
I don't feel it is too tight. The bg is just oof stuff so I do not see a need to show it flying into something. Please point me to a thread of something similar so I can tell exactly what you mean.
I think with the repost there is enough space for a shot of this kind. Sharpness and light are beautiful, Allan. The one thing I notice is that there is something strange going on with the far wing -- looks like it has been reconstructed or there was some major cloning done that could be cleaned up.
Cheers,
Greg Basco
Allan:
You certainly get to make the call about your composition. My feelings on the subject come from looking at many thousands of flying bird images and developing a sense of what seems to work for me, to help tell the story of what is going on. A perched bird is a different story, but if they are flying, it is more effective to have lead room in front, esp. if they are flying parallel to the image sensor(IMO). If the bird was angling significantly towards us, it wouldn't need quite as much lead room.
Similar to racing photography. You wouldn't take a picture of an Indy car at speed and frame it so tight that it looked like it was going to crash into the side of the frame. Let it have some space to race into.
It is a beautiful image as is. It would be stronger yet with the extra room, at least for me.
Your choice.
Cheers
Randy
Allan, it is a bit tight.
How did you like using D3x for Wildlife?
Thanks for saying you do not think it is too tight.
I did work clearing things from the far wing - about a month ago. Thanks for reminding me.
Originally Posted by Greg Basco
I find it very slow 5 ffs compared to my D300s (8.) Also, I am used to crop. However, when I can get close and know the birds fly slow or sand around a lot the resolution of the D3X is great.
That was my thoughts. Thanks for confirming it.
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