Gallery: AvianPosted May 24, 201174 views7 comments
Difficult exposure on a sunny day with a bird this colour !
D200
Sigma 50-500mm
ISO400 640th @f8
Sharpened,levels about 70% of full frame.
Cheers
JohnR
Comments
7 comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 24, 2011 at 9:02 PM
Nice image John, your exposure looks great to me on the whites and the blacks which are in the sun. Some fill flash might have helped with the shadows on the breast.
Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments
Comment posted by Angela McCain on May 24, 2011 at 11:06 PM
This is a vary nice image. Looks to me that you handled the exposure well. How nice the bird was up on that little mound so you could see his legs and feet well. The image is nice and sharp. I like the softness of the water background.
Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments
Comment posted by Rob Drummond on May 25, 2011 at 8:18 AM
Wonderful detail and setting John - just how I imagine a wagtail shot should look
cheers
Rob
Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on May 25, 2011 at 10:24 AM
This is nice John. The exposure looks as good as can be gotten under the lighting you had.
Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 25, 2011 at 8:50 PM
I think the exposure looks great to me. I don't think I would have tried a flash with the water behind the bird, because of the reflection and glare. nice angle and details also.
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments
Comment posted by John Robinson on May 26, 2011 at 5:33 AM
Thanks all for your comments.
I,ve never tried flash with daylight on a pool set up , but in the old days I used flash (three heads) as the main lighting. With digital the extra speed meant I could do with out it. The birds are that skittish at times too. The flash would have to be mounted on the lens as it would't cover the whole pool if it was mounted on the hide. I might try it.
Cheers
JohnR
Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments
Comment posted by May Haga on May 26, 2011 at 6:50 PM
Beautiful image John.
May
Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments
Comments
7 commentscheers
Rob
I,ve never tried flash with daylight on a pool set up , but in the old days I used flash (three heads) as the main lighting. With digital the extra speed meant I could do with out it. The birds are that skittish at times too. The flash would have to be mounted on the lens as it would't cover the whole pool if it was mounted on the hide. I might try it.
Cheers
JohnR
May