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Double-Edged

by Nishand Venugopal

Gallery: AvianPosted February 3, 2017140 views5 comments
Always wanted to take photo of its crowning moment but I like this angle too. Its face looks like a pick axe...Taken from my trip in Sultanpur...Still more to come
 
Camera: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3200
Focal Length: 500 mm
Shutter Speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 3200

Lens - Sigma DG
Handheld
Focus- Dynamic

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Keith Bauer on February 3, 2017 at 1:07 PM
You're getting there.  This is a nice improvement from previous posts.  The subject is largely unobstructed.  The subject isn't sharp however.  Not sure how you are focusing, but you need to put the active focus point on the bird to obtain optimal sharpness.  Using f/10 is better than previous images with f/29, but in this case you could have easily gone done to f/5.6 or f/4 (if your lens is that fast) to gain more shutter speed.  1/200 with a 500mm lens is a recipe for images that are not going to be sharp.
 
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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on February 3, 2017 at 1:47 PM
Agree with everything Keith said. There is quite a bit of noise in this image. Even with the best cameras, ISO 3200 is exceedingly high. Lower your ISO and open the aperture to say f5.6. The image quality will go way up.
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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on February 3, 2017 at 4:01 PM
F8, iso 800....f8, iso 800.....f8, iso 800....  Getting better Nishand! devil
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 4, 2017 at 6:58 PM
A really nice pose from this bird, Nishand.  The exposure looks excellent.  The Hoopoe does seem a bit soft in the larger version, probably from hand holding at that shutter speed.  Given the size of the bird in the frame, you probably could have dropped your f/stop to around 5.6-6.3 and gained a bit more shutter speed.  Nice placement of the bird in the frame.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on February 5, 2017 at 7:48 PM
Hi Nishand,

Do you have your camera set to shoot RAW files?

 
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