Sandhill 27

Gallery: AvianPosted January 1, 2011189 views10 comments

Happy New Year to everyone
Another Sandhill from California:

D300s
500mm
1/1250 sec, f/8
Mode: Manual
Metering: Center-weighted average
ISO: 1000
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO
Flash: Off
Full frame
Hand-held

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 1, 2011 at 11:12 PM

Beautiful light and bg, Sandy. Excellent detail in the larger image.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on January 1, 2011 at 11:40 PM

Nice flight shot Sandy, to my eye the white cheek patch looks too bright. Happy New Year!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on January 2, 2011 at 10:01 AM

Beautiful light on this sandhill Sandy. Detail is good and impressive especially with this shot being handheld. Were you not able to use a tripod?

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on January 2, 2011 at 11:02 AM

Happy new year to you too!
I love the BG colors here and the DOF is spot on IMO.Good one!

Dan

Registered on February 11, 2010, 143 Posts, 1248 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 2, 2011 at 11:46 AM

I like the golds Sandy. Sharpness looks good. The bird quartering away from you is sometimes a nice view and I like it here. Working hand held is the way to go for flight shots if you can do it and it seems you are getting the hang of it. Well done. I agree with Nate, the white cheek is a bit too bright. You might be able to bring down the entire image just a tad to help that out.

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Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on January 2, 2011 at 12:47 PM

Some lovely light you had here Sandy

Happy new year to you too.

Geoff.

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Comment posted by Sally King on January 2, 2011 at 1:26 PM

Simply gorgeous light and nice flight position on this crane. Nicely blurred background too.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 2, 2011 at 2:00 PM

Hi Kurt, I never use a tripod for flight shots. I rarely use one for ANY birds - only if they are coming into a predictable perch.
I just find tripods too confining, too slow, and too cumbersome.
The excellent "Flight Scool" workshop with Jim Neiger a few years ago on hand-holding techniques helped - highly recommended!!

http://www.flightschoolphotography.com/FSP%20Current%20Workshops.htm

Sandy