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Puffed up Heron
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Puffed up Heron

by June Marie Wingert

Gallery: AvianPosted July 19, 201048 views4 comments
Nikon D40
400 mm (150-400mm Sigma)
F/6.3
1/320
ISO 200
Handheld resting on windshield of Golf Cart.
Manual Focus

Not too sure how the uploaded version will look since I have not uploaded it yet.
The Heron was sitting on the top of a pinetree I was about 200 feet away maybe more, I can not judge distance, only able to get this one shot, he immediately flew away. :mad:

I think it might be soft, not sure, literature states at 400 this lens gets soft. This was my first shot using the lens and did'nt know at the time that it gets soft.
Is there too much sky on right? There was a pine needle hanging right by his head that I cloned out.
Picture taken on Lake Conroe Texas near my house, hence the golf cart.

C & C please.

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Charles Gangas on July 19, 2010 at 4:33 PM
June- A very nice pose and the blue sky presents a lovely background. You are far from the subject though, so it would be difficult to determine the sharpness you captured here. And it this were my image I'd be tempted to crop from the right. :toast:
Registered on August 12, 2009, 544 Posts, 2414 Comments
Comment posted by Mia McPherson on July 20, 2010 at 6:06 AM
June

I might have gone vertical on this shot, as presented the composition doesn't feel balanced to me. I like the flowing feathers on the back but wish for more of a head turn. Colors look good
Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 22, 2010 at 8:55 PM
Colors look good June. I would try & stay with a standard 2:3 horizontal comp for this type of shot if it was me..Or try turning your camera vertically more often as Mia suggests.
You say the image gets "soft" at 400mm with your lens, but that depends on your proximity to the subject, shutter speed, and other factors..More than the lens quality itself.
Just remember that when you're all the way out at 400mm, any camera movement, even a tittle, will results in a less than sharp image.
Hope this helps in some small way :wavey:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by June Marie Wingert on July 23, 2010 at 8:39 AM
Many thanks for the comments and suggestions I need all the help I can get. I think I was just too far away. And your right, should be a portrait not a landscape.
Registered on July 1, 2010, 8 Posts, 137 Comments