Surprise

Gallery: AvianPosted May 30, 2013260 views7 comments

This guy was real close as he came by the boat still at the dock. Was not ready at all but still managed a few shots. HH, cropped vertical at 40% of FF.

File Name Ramy_7098_CF13.CR2
Camera Model Canon EOS 7D
Author Michael Ramy
Copyright Notice Rock Art Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/1250
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
Exposure Compensation +1 1/3
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM +2.0x
Focal Length 238.0mm

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on May 30, 2013 at 6:43 PM

Mike: This image has a lot of impact to to the "in your face" nature of it. Not quite sure what happened in processing, but I would expect much more detail in the feathers and even in the fish. Looking at both the smaller and larger versions, I just don't see it. There is a visible halo around the upper wing. Was noise reduction applied globally? ISO 400 on the 7D shouldn't need much if the image didn't need a significant exposure adjustment in post processing.

Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on May 30, 2013 at 8:48 PM

Fine action image. Nice shapness.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Randy Bacon on May 30, 2013 at 9:51 PM

Whoa, looks like he's going to drop that fish right in your lap. Nice job grabbing a shot of this action. I also would expect more detail with these technicals, but it is an interesting shot.

Registered on November 24, 2008, 56 Posts, 492 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 30, 2013 at 11:45 PM

Pretty good results for not being prepared, Mike. I usually miss completely. Great angle.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on May 31, 2013 at 4:54 AM

Mike that is a great capture - well don to have reacted so well. But the colour and sharpness look a bit off on my monitor. I'm no techie so I'll assume Keith's comments in that regard are appropriate

Registered on February 20, 2013, 198 Posts, 1011 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 31, 2013 at 6:48 PM

I agree with Keith on the IQ of this otherwise interesting image. My guess is this had a lot of exposure adjustment via shadow/highlight.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 2, 2013 at 7:33 PM

Given the circumstances, I'd say this looks pretty good. I would probably not have even gotten a shot off. If I did, it most likely would have been of a blurry tail going out of the frame. So congrats on a brave try and a decent shot.

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments