Tribunal
Taken on Machias Seal Island this past weekend. It was difficult getting group shots with all the birds having good HAs but I think this one works.
Canon 7D
70-200 II @ 102mm
1/800
f13
ISO 400
EC -.33
HH from blind, cropped from horizontal, luminosity mask, levels, curves, selective dodging and burning and sharpened in CS5.
C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,
Rachel
Last edited by Rachel Hollander; 06-20-2012 at 08:24 AM. Reason: wrong ss
Works very well. Nice job handeling the less than ideal light.
Hi Rachel, another keeper, well exposures, good colour, well processed, (apart from the dust bunny RHS). Personally I might lose the rock on the RHS for continuity and replace it with the sea, but...
TFS
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Another outstanding puffin shot. I agree with Steve on the OF rock.
Pretty shot of these puffins, nice and sharp, all in focus. Since Steve pointed out the oof rock I can't stop looking at it.
Jack
Its a lovely image; what is really nice about these is your tech settings and well as your obvious creative talent.
biggish stop down and really short fl, so different
Great group pose; not always easy, as you suggest. The tough light of Machias was handled well, as was the choice of aperture. Another vote to lose the oof rock.
Hi Rachel, you nailed the HA's in this. Not easy to get a group to co-operate, someone is always looking the wrong way. All three well exposed, good DOF and sharp. Their colours stand out nicely. Another vote for removing the rock. Looks like you had fun there.
Wonderful shot. I really like the poses on all 3 birds. Exposed very well and great comp.Well done.
Fiine work, full of interest and captures their habitat perfectly. Two of my fav people in the world, Louis Figueroa and his lovely wife, Maria, were up there last week, did you meet them? Exposures up there are so tricky and you worked magic with your editing.
Repost
Thanks everyone for the kind comments. Here's a repost implementing Steve's suggestion to replace the bg rock with water and seconded by many others. I also took care of the dust bunny.
Machias is a great place and thanks to advice from Grady, Roman and Steve K. ahead of time, I had the right lenses with me and good advice about EC and DOF. I also followed advice to book multiple days to try to ensure a landing and got lucky and landed all 3 days. That gave me a chance to really experiment with different settings and also to be a little more patient in waiting for the right shot (at least on the second and third days
Grace - I don't think I met your friends. I went to the island on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Thanks again,
Rachel
Lovely! If anything maybe moving the birds slightly higher in the frame. Getting rid of the oof rocks looks good.
Gald the oof rock has gone, this is a great image with such wonderful colors and such great subjects...are they off to the mardi gras ?
This is really great Rachel, the light looks fine to me, the repost is just right, very nice.
The birds look fantastic, all sharp, f13 was a great choice.
Dan Kearl
Lovely stuff and great PP.Really nice to see you on this side of the forum!
Thanks Ofer, Phil, Dan and Dumay for the kind comments.
Great pose and setting you have here.
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