Foggy RT Hawk & Repost

Gallery: AvianPosted December 26, 2016203 views3 comments

I went down to Ridgefield NWR last Wednesday with the weather service promising the fog would burn off in the morning. It never did, so I ended up with a bunch of moody images. Some images seem to work that way, and this and one other of a different RTA seemed to reflect the atmosphere of a typical Northwest winter. Even the rather ragged plumage seemed to fit.

I could have defogged the hawk considerably more, but I felt it would look too unnatural against the foggy bg.

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 562 mm, f/9, 1/640, iso 800, aperture priority, pattern metering, +2/3 EV. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to a 13.4 MP 4x5. Slight sharpening and tonal adjustments to the hawk. Taken at 11:43 AM on December 21st.

Comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on December 27, 2016 at 5:46 AM

Nice image, Dennis.
I like the head turn, and the way the feathers are.

Registered on December 18, 2012, 162 Posts, 975 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 27, 2016 at 1:12 PM

Judging by the lack of expressed interest, the fog is a bit much for most peoples' taste, so here's a version with the hawk significantly (but not completely) defogged.

You can click on the image to get a 1200 pixel version.

Thanks,

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

Comment posted by David Schoen on December 28, 2016 at 7:05 PM

The fog is definitely different. But it does filter out a lot of the detail and contrast in avian images. Sounds like you had a rather frustrating adventure at Ridgefield. Hopefully you got some more less foggy photos. I find the fog filtered version more interesting but it is still a little dark and flat.

Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments