Greater Yellowleg

Gallery: AvianPosted November 17, 201092 views7 comments

Over the past weekend we went to Morro Bay, CA for the first time. Lovely place and I got to go out for some early morning light. I was in a shaded cove but this bird took off and flew into the sun and returned. Nice of him.
Comments are appreciated.
11-15-2010 9:37 a.m.
Canon 7D
EF 300mm f2.8L IS with 1.4x
ISO 640, 1/6400 sec at f / 5.6
handheld

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Harry Harris on November 17, 2010 at 8:29 PM

I forgot to mention that this is 35% of full frame.

Registered on August 2, 2010, 169 Posts, 741 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on November 17, 2010 at 9:07 PM

You got a nice banking turn Harry and the subject is sharp. The bird looks good against that water color. I'd like to see more detail in some of the whites. Thanks for coming back and posting your crop size. I think that partially explains some of the background noise.

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments

Comment posted by Monica Siri on November 18, 2010 at 9:39 AM

Harry,
beautiful flight pose and background color. I agree that the whites seem a bit bright.

Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on November 18, 2010 at 1:34 PM

Nice, Harry. Always good to get some cooperation from the bird.

Assuming you are post-processing in CS5, I'd suggest selecting the bird's chest and then trying to pull the highlights down by 5-10% to see if you can recover some detail in the whites. Then I'd select the whole bird, invert the selection to get everything else, and apply a noise reduction filter like Noise Ninja to reduce the visible noise in the water.

Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on November 18, 2010 at 8:40 PM

Harry,

I like the centered composition you used, the pose of the yellowleg and the background seem to "ask" for this composition. Love the flight pose and eye contact. I do see the background noise mentioned and think some NR on it would help. Some of the noise may have been made more noticeable by the crop. I'd try Jim D.'s suggestion to show more detail in the whites.

Morro Bay looks like it might provide you with a lot of fun :-)

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on November 21, 2010 at 10:43 AM

Very nice flight shot Harry.
May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on November 25, 2010 at 7:38 AM

I'm from Calif, lived there most of my life.
Morro Bay is a beautiful place.
You've already received some good suggestions, so enough said..
You had a great opportunity here, nice job Harry

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments