This gloomy fellow was last seen at Anhinga Trail waiting for his next victum. He was captured with a Nikon D70s using a Nikkor 300mm f/4D and a 1.4 T/C
focal length @ 420mm / exposure mode @ manual / matrix metering / 1/250sec - f/6.3
exposure comp @ +0.7 EV / ISO @ 400 / WB @ auto / AF mode @ AF-C / color mode sRGB / hue adjustment @ 0 / saturation factor @ 0 / no tripod / no flash
proper title!!:D this is a case where i think flash fill could have helped you out. the dark area is particularly noisy, as dark areas normally are. if you had used flash, it would have helped even out that area a bit. is the noise on the bird coming from sharpening or is it just a bit underexposed? like the way you framed it. man those guys aint pretty are they!!:D
Hey Harold,
I think you are right, fill flash would have eliminated the shadow cast from the sun...:confused:
Will keep that in mind for my next gloomy fellow...:eek:
The first thing I would do is line up a good sun angle You can move around with those birds with no problem Flash would be nice but with the proper light angle you don't needed Also keep in mind the flash will alter the light temp You might loose some of the warmth
Framing wise I would try something different Too much dark feathers with no detail for the small head in frame Would go for a tighter crop of the head in camera. Remember also to have more room on the side the bird is looking to !! .... I do like the sweet looked captured Not easy for these guys !!!
The patterns in the image disturb me though. It almost looks like ink-jet printing on plain copy paper when the heads aren't aligned. There are definite horizontal bands. I'm not sure if there is a 'pattern' to sensor noise once it reaches a certain level or not.
The Under Taker
