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Grey Heron
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Grey Heron

by David Rowe

Gallery: AvianPosted July 14, 2014110 views6 comments
Lake Geneva, Switzerland
D300s 300mm f2.8 ED VR2 with 2TC series 3 attached
ISO 800 1/400 at f8 EV 0.00 WB manual Centre weighted average
Hand-held (braced?)
Raw file original Tiff file cropped from 34.9M to 33.0M
Photoshop CS6

In my continuing quest for producing tack sharp photos, I purchased the current glassware. Sadly, I remain disappointed.

Your crits. and suggestions are most welcome

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by Charles Gangas on July 14, 2014 at 4:11 PM
There is good detail here David, but I think you might increase some detail by employing a bit of contrast to the image, particularly the whites. I have the earlier version of that lens and it's tack sharp alone, or with the TC-14 E II, but I find a bit of IQ degradation with the TC-20 E II and have stopped using that TC altogether. I thought that the III-series was meant to resolve the IQ issues, but from your description maybe not.
Registered on August 12, 2009, 544 Posts, 2414 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 14, 2014 at 7:19 PM
The sharpness looks pretty good to me, David. I like the pose and you got some very good dof.

:toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 14, 2014 at 9:14 PM
I like the image overall David, but agree with Charles about increasing the contrast in the image.
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 15, 2014 at 12:22 AM
Looks very sharp from here!
Nice perspective and love the greens. The bird is a bit centered, but a great image.
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on July 15, 2014 at 12:55 AM
Nice pose and techs. I wish for a bit more room on the right for the bird to look into.
Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments
Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on July 15, 2014 at 9:14 AM
David, this is a really nice setting. I agree about the comp, but a good shot. there's quite a bit of noise in the bg that you might want to address. As far as sharpness, the biggest thing you could probably do is use a tripod rather than handhold. Folks like Rich Ditch get great results with the 300/2.8 and a 2x TC.
Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments