Feather Fluffin

Gallery: AvianPosted November 18, 2009111 views11 comments

What we have is a Pied-billed Grebe, "Fluffin" his/her feathers as the camera is doing it's thing.
This was taken this morning at the refuge, under very poor lighting conditions of dark overcast clouds. I was actually surprised that any photo's came out and surprised again at this shot of moving wings while the head and neck remained in focus.

canon 40D
canon 600mm f4.L IS USM
F/8 @ 1/160
ISO 800
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Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on November 18, 2009 at 6:42 AM

Very nice work here Craig. I love the motion blur of the wings with the very sharp head, neck and breast. The light water really makes the bird pop and the reflections tops it off. Well done.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on November 18, 2009 at 9:06 AM

I like the motion blur with the feathers a lot and it's a really good look at this bird which is always hard to photograph - it does need to be straightened out though.

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on November 18, 2009 at 9:58 AM

Neat image. Nice that the had is sharp and the "fluffing" feathers show the motion blur.
Well done.
May

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 18, 2009 at 10:06 AM

Excellent, Craig. A very cool image, and amazingly sharp. Great results for that high an iso.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on November 18, 2009 at 10:36 AM

Neat photo, nice work in capturing the movement.

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Comment posted by John Williams on November 18, 2009 at 1:54 PM

Very cool capture Craig! (I agree on the straightening. If I have my physics correct, reflections should line up vertically.)

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on November 19, 2009 at 1:34 AM

The excellent sharpness on the face and breast is complemented by the blur of the wings. I like the rich brown colors. Ideally the reflection wouldn't touch the bottom of the frame, small detail though.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 19, 2009 at 4:43 AM

like the motion blur and fluffy texture Craig

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on November 19, 2009 at 8:18 AM

very nice, Craig! I like contrast between the blurred wings and how sharp the head and breast are. The eye looks really good in the larger version. I do agree that it could use a little CCW rotation.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on November 19, 2009 at 12:49 PM

It's great for the conditions and the crisp eye and face are a bonus

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on November 21, 2009 at 12:14 PM

Craig,

I like the motion blur, the crisp hard & face and the subdued colors in the image.

Agree on the need for rotation, but that is easy to do.

An interesting & appealing image.

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