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Take off

by Wayne Bartz

Gallery: AvianPosted March 2, 2013123 views6 comments
Along the Mississippi in SE Mn.

Canon 50D w/ 100-400 lens.

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by Keith Bauer on March 2, 2013 at 11:12 PM
Looks like you caught a pretty nice moment. Sharpness looks pretty good on the bird. Could hope for a better angle but sometimes you get what you can get.

The image looks over saturated by quite a bit. It feels pretty unnatural with the current presentation.
Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on March 3, 2013 at 9:16 AM
Nice timing with good sharpness where it counts, I like this overall Wayne.
Some technical issues as Keith has pointed out.
Would be great if you could post your settings with this :wavey:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by danny hancock on March 3, 2013 at 9:50 AM
nice position capture. the sky looks too blue to me. maybe the bird would be more pleasing if the blue were toned downjust a little. really sharp image.
Registered on February 11, 2013, 7 Posts, 14 Comments
Comment posted by Wayne Bartz on March 3, 2013 at 10:27 AM
Thanks for the comments. It was shot at ISO 200, F8, 1/1000 sec with a pol. filter. It was taken around noon. I did boost the contrast a little in NIK, maybe a little to much. I appreciate the comments.
Registered on May 12, 2007, 56 Posts, 92 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 3, 2013 at 10:32 PM
Great take-off pose, Wayne. The bird seems a bit soft and the whole image looks oversaturated to my eye. I think I'd back off quite a bit.

:toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Dave Walz on March 5, 2013 at 6:32 PM
Great action pose. However, I agree with the other comments regarding the saturation level on the pic.
Registered on September 26, 2011, 22 Posts, 67 Comments