Gallery: AvianPosted May 13, 2012128 views8 comments
Canon 7D, Sigma 300-800mm, 1/4000th sec at f8 and iso500
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 13, 2012 at 5:19 PM
Excellent catch! Gorgeous birds, nice angle for seeing the mating, and a great beach. Unfortunately, a little soft and a little noise on the birfs.
As this seems pretty tight in the frame to me, you could back off the crop a little, and this would likely improve the issues as well.
Sandy
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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 13, 2012 at 8:03 PM
Great behavior image Graham, love the up close and intimate view. It looks like you could have backed off the shutter speed and iso if you had wanted to.
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Comment posted by Angela McCain on May 13, 2012 at 11:25 PM
Great behavior you caught here. I like the wingspread on the upper bird, too. Some noise in the back ground which can be handled. Also a little halo around the lower bird's legs-maybe from selective lightening there. I agree about loosening the crop.
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Comment posted by Harry Harris on May 14, 2012 at 7:03 AM
Nice behavior capture Graham. The female seems a bit bored. I like it.
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Comment posted by Rick Turner on May 14, 2012 at 10:52 AM
Graham,
A great moment of capture. Very well done....
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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on May 14, 2012 at 1:19 PM
A very nice capture, Graham. I agree with Sandy's comments and echo Nate's question: in hindsight, you culd have reduced noise by dropping the shutter speed to 1/1000 and moving the ISO to 200 or so.
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Comment posted by Graham Brown on May 14, 2012 at 1:30 PM
Jim, Logically you're right but I had to follow this pair along the beach and the light and background was varying and when I started my shutter speed was only 1/800th sec. I didn't stop to alter settings in case I missed any action which only lasted a few minutes. Graham
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Comment posted by May Haga on May 14, 2012 at 3:16 PM
Wow, now that is getting in close and personal. Very well done.
May
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8 commentsAs this seems pretty tight in the frame to me, you could back off the crop a little, and this would likely improve the issues as well.
Sandy
A great moment of capture. Very well done....
May