ISO 400
137mm
auto exposure
exposure correction 0.0
1/400
f 10
While I like the action in this pic of two herons trying for the same piece of fish, I am unhappy with the lack of sharpness and the washed out originial version. What could I have done to improve it? To get it sharper especially?
I would have thought that f10 would have gotten everything in focus. I did a lot of contrasting and regular amount of sharpening in PS. I also toned down the water a bit and added saturation.
I did try a tighter vertical cropping. But then the second bird's head seemed to come out of nowhere. So I put its body back in. lol
Agree with William That area seems to be the sharpest? Not an easy one to get right You don't have much of a chance to recompose so moving the AF point to the desired area is about the only chance !!!
Exposure wise is also tough Got sun and shadows Not a good thing Would have tried a lower angle to improve the bg You did catch some nice action !!!!
Yes, I'm sure I hit the shoulder with the focus point, thinking if I used f/10 and focused a bit toward the middle, that the whole thing would be in focus. nope. As soon as I saw what was happening, I knew I should have been lower, but my the time my ol' knees got on the ground, these two were gone. lol. I really need to work on being faster on changing my camera settings as well as moving to where the best angle is.
Two herons and one fish
