Merlin II

Gallery: AvianPosted November 19, 2009155 views8 comments

Last week at Jones Beach State Park, Long Island, New York. Same bird, 2 frames later.

Leica R8/Digital Modul-R
F4/280 APO Telyt(MF)
ISO 400, f6.8 @ 1/2000th sec.
Handheld with Shoulder Stock and Electric Release

All comments welcome and appreciated.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 19, 2009 at 12:02 PM

Cool wing position here Michael, the image quality doesn't look as high as in your previous post, probably the amount of cropping is showing up here, you could try it with the bird smaller in the frame.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on November 19, 2009 at 12:03 PM

I'd follow Nate's suggestions - almost looks like there's a haze over the bird. Great detail and eye contact though.

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Comment posted by Michael Ginex on November 19, 2009 at 12:38 PM

You're right, Nate. Big crop here.

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Comment posted by Carrie O'Brien-Sib on November 19, 2009 at 12:59 PM

The wing position is superb, Michael. I also like the eye contact and lighting. Tight crop works for my taste.

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Comment posted by Greg Cope on November 19, 2009 at 1:36 PM

Nice pose and the birds stare really tops it off. Like the crop as well. Seems to be a slight bluish color cast on my monitor. Also noticed the image is in Adobe RGB (sRGB is the recommended color space for web)

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on November 19, 2009 at 3:57 PM

I agree the large crop really shows in this image. I too would back off on the crop and change the color space to sRGB. It will make a big difference in the accuracy of your colors.

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Comment posted by Roger Leekam on November 19, 2009 at 4:14 PM

Difficult to get these shots. There's an off-white tinge on the bird which I can't quite place (yellow?), also as mentioned some poorly defined areas, which may be due to your preparation for posting. There's lots of promise in the image, though and a great capture.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on November 19, 2009 at 8:20 PM

I like the flight pose and eye contact Michael but agree that there's too much lost with the large crop.

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