Gallery: AvianPosted February 25, 2012134 views3 comments
This profile shows the intricate color patterns of this beautiful bird.
Sony a700 with 70-400 f3.5 zoom, Manfrotto carbon tripod, flashpoint f3 ball head and 2x Sony tele extender.
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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 25, 2012 at 4:18 PM
These are fun subjects and I enjoy the colors revealed in close shots like this.
It would help the critique process if you provided more info about your shooting and processing parameters: ISO, aperture, shutter speed, any cropping (and estimated amount), whether you shoot in raw, how much you adjust exposure in processing, whether you apply any noise reduction.
There's more noise in this image than I'd expect for what appears to be an image apparently made in midday light and that makes me wonder about the ISO you used and if this might be a large crop. Noise could also be brought out if the image was underexposed and needed to be brightened up a lot in conversion or post processing.
There's also a look of noise reduction here, visible in the "melted" look of large parts of the plumage. If you find it necessary to apply NR it is best to do so selectively (to the background but not to the subject).
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Comment posted by Rick Turner on February 25, 2012 at 4:58 PM
"There's more noise in this image than I'd expect for what appears to be an image apparently made in midday light"~~
This was shot at 10:48 am in the bottom of a creek with no direct sunlight. There are no shadows if you look as close as you have for noise.
1/250 at f13, ISO 1250. A problem I face on Turtle Creek is I almost never get direct sunlight on my subjects. I cannot find the original from process in 2010. Did this with very little crop. I will look for original on hard drives and get back.
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Registered on February 18, 2012, 534 Posts, 2755 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 29, 2012 at 2:41 AM
Really nice pose here - I love these herons but rarely find them.
Nice colours. Quite noisy, though; not sure why, if this is not cropped.
I'd also wish for more room, especially on the bottom.
You said " A problem I face on Turtle Creek is I almost never get direct sunlight on my subjects" In very very few situations would you ever want direct sunlight - only if it is very early in the am or late in the afternoon. High sun is a killer.
Sandy
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3 commentsIt would help the critique process if you provided more info about your shooting and processing parameters: ISO, aperture, shutter speed, any cropping (and estimated amount), whether you shoot in raw, how much you adjust exposure in processing, whether you apply any noise reduction.
There's more noise in this image than I'd expect for what appears to be an image apparently made in midday light and that makes me wonder about the ISO you used and if this might be a large crop. Noise could also be brought out if the image was underexposed and needed to be brightened up a lot in conversion or post processing.
There's also a look of noise reduction here, visible in the "melted" look of large parts of the plumage. If you find it necessary to apply NR it is best to do so selectively (to the background but not to the subject).
This was shot at 10:48 am in the bottom of a creek with no direct sunlight. There are no shadows if you look as close as you have for noise.
1/250 at f13, ISO 1250. A problem I face on Turtle Creek is I almost never get direct sunlight on my subjects. I cannot find the original from process in 2010. Did this with very little crop. I will look for original on hard drives and get back.
Keep on Shooting
Nice colours. Quite noisy, though; not sure why, if this is not cropped.
I'd also wish for more room, especially on the bottom.
You said " A problem I face on Turtle Creek is I almost never get direct sunlight on my subjects" In very very few situations would you ever want direct sunlight - only if it is very early in the am or late in the afternoon. High sun is a killer.
Sandy