Taken yesterday, Ridgefield NWR, Washington state.
1/2000
f5
iso400
400mm (300f2.8 w/ 1.4)
Nikon D7000
DSC_8697nx2.jpg
Taken yesterday, Ridgefield NWR, Washington state.
1/2000
f5
iso400
400mm (300f2.8 w/ 1.4)
Nikon D7000
DSC_8697nx2.jpg
Dan Kearl

cool! nice exposure and good pose the head came out a bit soft though
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Nice one, Dan!
Looks like the sharpest plane of focus cuts through the talons and rear wing. Have you checked for back focus? Have you microaligned the camera and lens/Tc?
If this were mine, I'd get rid of the yellow weed cutting through the talons.
Good catch!
Don took the words right out of my mouth!
Gail
Don, I think the lens is fine.
I almost did a self critique when I posted as I knew I missed the focus on the head, but I liked the shot with the habitat anyway.
I was too close really, this is almost full frame at 420mm (about 40 feet away) and at F5, I didn't have a lot of room for error.
I need a lot of work on my BIF shots, Arash needs to hold a class!
Last edited by dankearl; 02-26-2012 at 04:04 PM.
Dan Kearl
OK on lens -- always have the eyes in focus
The other thing I just noticed in a larger view -- you have apparent sharpening artifacts in the leading edge of the bird -- particularly on the left side (our left side; bird's right.)
Did you mask/darken the background or are these from sharpening
Doug teaches an excellent flight workshop -- along with JIm Neiger. You'll learn a lot.
I can't fix the sharpening artifact around the wings, but this is a bit sharpened/detail extractor/weed removed, as example. You'll do better with the raw.
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Last edited by Don Nelson; 02-26-2012 at 04:55 PM.
Don, I agree about the artifacts, I sharpened the compressed jpeg a bit more than normal to try and get the head as sharp as possible.
Nice repost, I should have removed the grass, I try to do as little erasing as possible on my images, although I agree it looks better.
Thanks for taking the time.
Dan
Dan Kearl
Nice take off pose and the inclusion of the habitat makes it a great picture, Dan.
Hi Dan, good flying angle, and I like how the red tail is low flying over the top of the foliage. I like what Don has done.