This past summer I discovered a Bald Eagle nest just as the chicks were showing their heads over the rim of their nest. I followed them every two or three times a week through the summer and into the fall. This photograph was taken from about 75 yards just as they were learning how the fly. They would land on the ground and then return to the nest. I must have, at least, one hundred photophraphs of the progress.
Camera: Fujifilm Finepix S100fs
Shutter: 1/240
Aperture: f5.3
Focal Length: 101.5
Time/Date: 11:23am/9-24-09
Film Simulation: Velvia
Comments
5 commentsI agree with Keith about the over saturation of the colours. In my experience camera presets for colour saturation tend to be too strong. Your post processing software should allow you to decrease the saturation to get a more realistic look with minimal effort.
Hope you'll post more soon and join in on commenting too.
It must have been nice to follow these youngsters for the time period you mentioned.
I like that you got the two birds in the same image like this. I agree that the image appears oversaturated for my tastes and it is also a bit blurry. You should be able to tone down the saturation, I am not sure though that sharpening will make this a stronger image, it may make noise a serious issue. A little more shutter speed may have helped with the blur.
Looking forward to seeing more of your images.