Gallery: AvianPosted October 17, 2012168 views3 comments
Taken at Malheur Wildlife Refuge
Canon 7D
100-400 mm lens at 400 mm
1/800
f6.3
ISO 200
Raw photo processed in ACR and CS5
Thanks for looking comments and critique appreciated.
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3 comments
Comment posted by Mark Schiebelbein on October 17, 2012 at 9:44 PM
Interesting pose. Kind of reminds me of a sentinel on guard. I like the graduated BG as well. Maybe just a wee bit tight, but that's a minor nit..
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 18, 2012 at 1:41 AM
Nice pose here, and I always like to see rear views of the back feathers.
Quite a bit of noise and fairly soft, so this is likely a very big crop. Seems very tight in the frame - so backing off a good bit would help .
I also see you were shotting your 100-400 zoom at 400 - most zoom lenses are soft at the both extremes of range, so pulling back ro 390 or 380 often improves sharpness.
Sandy
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Comment posted by Jim Nall on October 18, 2012 at 8:37 AM
I'm pleased with your comp, it has the necessary ingredients Allen! Super detail, decent lighting, nice pose... I think you did really good!
Registered on October 5, 2012, 45 Posts, 168 Comments
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3 commentsQuite a bit of noise and fairly soft, so this is likely a very big crop. Seems very tight in the frame - so backing off a good bit would help .
I also see you were shotting your 100-400 zoom at 400 - most zoom lenses are soft at the both extremes of range, so pulling back ro 390 or 380 often improves sharpness.
Sandy