Gallery: AvianPosted November 29, 2016333 views7 comments
This image was created from my floating blind one morning in J. Clark Saylor NRW in North Dakota
Nikon D300S, 600mm. 1/1,250th @ f4, ISO 200
Comments
7 comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 29, 2016 at 9:20 PM
Welcome! This is a nice first post. Grebes provide great opportunities. Your colours are lovely, and you got great action.
The large image is pretty soft, and your ISO of 200 won't capture fast movement well. For flying birds and any action, I usually set at least 1200-1500 ISO. You had good light, so could have handled that.
Nice placement in the frame.
Looking forward to more of your work, and your comments and thoughts on others' work too.
Sandy
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Comment posted by Max Waugh on November 30, 2016 at 1:24 AM
It's very cool to see this moment, and I like that you went low and had some nice colors to work with in the environment.
Sandy touched on the ISO in relation to the softness. I'm not necessarily opposed to low ISOs for action, but in this case I think increasing the ISO would have enabled you to stop down while maintaining your fast shutter speed. A narrower aperture would have increased the depth of field, which can help boost your chances of getting multiple subjects sharp in the frame. That may have been the bigger culprit here, because I suspect 1/1250th would be sharp enough to capture this sharply in the right circumstances otherwise.
Max
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Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on November 30, 2016 at 10:08 AM
Steve,
very nice, especially the low angle of photography
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 30, 2016 at 6:37 PM
Wonderful action and a classic display that I would love to photograph one of these days. I like the low angle that your floating blind provided and the dof is excellent. A couple of spots on the necks look a bit hot and the bright halo above the birds necks looks like it might arise from oversharpening or a major crop. I love the bg and your framing.
I don't believe I've seen you post in the Avian gallery before, so welcome aboard. This is a wonderful place to learn and exchange techniques and ideas.
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Comment posted by Lori Lafargue on November 30, 2016 at 10:15 PM
Steve, I just took a quick look at your gallery, and I was blown away! Your images are amazing, beautiful, well thought out comps amd your execution seems perfect as well! I am in awe of photographers like you. Hope you don't mind if I follow you here.
Thanks, Lori
Registered on September 30, 2016, 54 Posts, 59 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 1, 2016 at 3:56 AM
Welcome to NPN Steve!
Awesome behavior action of this pair you captured. Perfect timing! Love the flying water drops and the dual toned background. I'm with Sandy and Max, I think you could have increased the ISO and f-stop to give you a bit more detail in both grebes and still end up with a quality image.
Excellent Work!
Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments
Comment posted by Steve Gettle on December 1, 2016 at 3:22 PM
Thanks everyone for your thoughts and kind words. I appreciate it.
Steve
Registered on November 29, 2016, 36 Posts, 111 Comments
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7 commentsThe large image is pretty soft, and your ISO of 200 won't capture fast movement well. For flying birds and any action, I usually set at least 1200-1500 ISO. You had good light, so could have handled that.
Nice placement in the frame.
Looking forward to more of your work, and your comments and thoughts on others' work too.
Sandy
Sandy touched on the ISO in relation to the softness. I'm not necessarily opposed to low ISOs for action, but in this case I think increasing the ISO would have enabled you to stop down while maintaining your fast shutter speed. A narrower aperture would have increased the depth of field, which can help boost your chances of getting multiple subjects sharp in the frame. That may have been the bigger culprit here, because I suspect 1/1250th would be sharp enough to capture this sharply in the right circumstances otherwise.
Max
very nice, especially the low angle of photography
I don't believe I've seen you post in the Avian gallery before, so welcome aboard. This is a wonderful place to learn and exchange techniques and ideas.
Thanks, Lori
Awesome behavior action of this pair you captured. Perfect timing! Love the flying water drops and the dual toned background. I'm with Sandy and Max, I think you could have increased the ISO and f-stop to give you a bit more detail in both grebes and still end up with a quality image.
Excellent Work!
Steve