Gallery: AvianPosted March 15, 20161,072 views5 comments
This is one of my favorite angles to get a bird of prey in
Nikon D7100 80-400mm @ 350mm VR HH cropped sensor
f/5.6
1/4000s ISO 320 ISO 1000
Cropped to 70% of original
- Luke
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 15, 2016 at 3:34 PM
Great pose and eye contact! There is a bit of noise and lack of structure from breast to tail. I suspect a combination of the shallow dof and the cropped sensor.
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Comment posted by May Haga on March 15, 2016 at 4:48 PM
Love the angle. Great capture.
May
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 18, 2016 at 7:18 PM
I really like the wing position, Luke. To my eye, the image seems rather dull-I wonder if a bit of contrast boost might help.
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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 19, 2016 at 1:22 PM
I really like the pose here Luke. I agree the BG seems to have some noise to it, which is weird since this was shot at ISO 320? Was this underexposed perhaps and adjusted in PP? If so, I think you can correct this a bit with some NR on the BG only. I might also add some saturation overall, then selectively burn the owl ( a touch more on face and neck area) and then add back some contrast to the owl only. I know that sounds like a lot, but I really think it might give this a bit more punch.
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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on March 19, 2016 at 3:17 PM
All, thanks for the feedback. My mistake - this was ISO 1000. I have no idea why I typed 320! If I had 1/4000s of a SS at ISO 320 I certainly would have been dealing with much better lighting! I'll go through some more images and spend a bit more time on the processing to see what I can improve. Thanks for the feedback!
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