Love in Flight

Gallery: AvianPosted August 9, 2010252 views6 comments

During a recent trip to Serengeti, I saw a group of Love Birds (Agapornis Personata) enjoying the morning sun. I took a few images and here is one of them. I envy them

Comments and Criticism welcome. I am here to learn!

Nikon D3s; 600 mm f 4.0; ISO 2500; F6.3; 1/5000 S

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 10, 2010 at 12:17 AM

Wonderful composition and bg, Srinivasan. My only nit is that the birds, particularly the rear one, seem just a trifle soft. You might try another round of sharpening and I don't think you needed quite that much shutter speed to freeze the action. Incredibly low noise for that iso.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on August 10, 2010 at 12:24 AM

A terrific flight shot; this species breeds as escaped birds in Phoenix, Arizona, and I tried a series of flights shots. They are very difficult. Well done. Minor nits: if it were mine, I'd apply a bit more sharpening, selectively to the birds. I suspect you'll have to balance noise with sharpening. And I'd clone out the branch in the lower right; it doesn't add much to the shot. And I have to echo Dennis here: stunning low noise for ISO2500. Amazing.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on August 10, 2010 at 12:43 PM

As the others have said, sharpness is an issue, but I'll echo Jim's comments on how difficult it is to capture these close up (particularly in flight). Not bad.

Max

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Comment posted by May Haga on August 10, 2010 at 12:49 PM

Cool. Great capture Srinivasan.
May

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on August 10, 2010 at 2:58 PM

Srinivasan,

I like the different wing positions, the nice background and the natural colors. I agree with the comments about softness and the bit of noise in the background

I always wanted a pair of these birds when I was much younger but never got them, they are very beautiful

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on August 10, 2010 at 7:30 PM

Srinivasan, I like the contrasting wing positions, the background and I think your composition works fine. Agree about the noise and sharpness though.

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