Not one of my best photos, but I wanted to share my experience. This afternoon while taking a drive, came across this GBH feeding. To my amazement he had caught a snake by the tail. I have never seen this behavior before. I have GBH's catching fish and one episode of a GBH with a marsh rat. This photo was taken in very harsh conditions. This is about the best shot I was able to catch. I was able to photo from the time he caught him to the time all you could see was the end of the snakes tail slipping in. I have cropped by 40% and have done some noise removal. With such harsh conditions I am at a stand still. Any and all C & C's welcomed.
Canon 50d, Hand Held, Shutter speed 1/640sec., Focal length at 400mm, F/8.0, ISO 400.
Carlette Bragg
Comments
10 commentsI don't think there is much more you can do to this photo, it's something that would have to have been addressed in the field. The problem is not that light is just "harsh" it's that it's backlit. The eye won't pop out of the photo because it's not being lit, and your subject will often have less detail because the dynamic range is so big. If you weren't going for an action shot, you can bracket your photo at different exposures and blend them together. I'll defer the specifics of all of that to the experts.
- Luke
All the important parts are clear and visible. Well done!
Given the tough lighting conditions I don't think there was much more you could have done.
Still I find this an exceptionally interesting image because of the action, behavior of the snake and your story about the image itself. It must have been amazing to see in person.
Carlette Bragg