Midair Mallard

Gallery: AvianPosted April 26, 2010156 views6 comments

This is cropped down by probably 60% from the original, and I'm obviously not there yet with the sharpness on the bird detail, but I liked the sense of the bird hanging in midair here--actually, it may have a better feel of that in the full frame, but... And the blur just to the bird's right is grass as I moved from L to R when it took off.

D-60, will post the details shortly, thanks for looking and any comments.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 26, 2010 at 12:48 PM

Nice scene you captured here Bill, without your techs I can't give you any advice on settings. To me the oof area on the right detracts a little from the photo. Keep working on these flight shots, with practice you will get better and better.

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on April 26, 2010 at 1:59 PM

All seriousness, thank you Nate. I appreciate the encouragement! Just got out of the woods soaking wet, get specs a bit later.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on April 26, 2010 at 2:08 PM

Bill you're making progress and I like the habitat in this scene. My suggestion to you (as someone who started with a D60 and 55-200mm) is to go to a local park where mallards are prevelant and that you can get quite close too. Practice your flight shots on them and you'll quickly develop skills to make a shot like this work

- Luke

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on April 26, 2010 at 6:14 PM

Yeah, Bill... I think Nate is trying to tell you something.

It's a little tough to lock focus on a moving bird with all of this background stuff going on, especially in fairly low light. Practice out in the open for a while like Nate does.

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on April 26, 2010 at 7:13 PM

Thanks Luke, appreciate it.

Charlie, yeah, Nate is practicing!

For those who have looked here, look one post behind!

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on April 26, 2010 at 9:37 PM

I like the feel of this with the habitat and I long to know where he's headed. Sharon

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