Odd Man Out

Gallery: AvianPosted December 13, 2015116 views2 comments

Canon 1D-X, 500mm f4 x 1.4TC, tripod
f6.3, 1/500, ISO2000

The hen had clearly made her choice, but the other drake still wasn't giving up hope.

75% of full frame. Selective sharpening of birds. The whites are not blown but I couldn't pull any ddetail out in post-processing.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

2 comments

Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on December 13, 2015 at 11:51 PM

Jim,

the arrangement of the birds document well the situation described. For me the "whites" are fine considering the size the birds have in the photo. I think that trying to get the whites properly exposured will end up with a too dark picture.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 14, 2015 at 3:19 PM

Nicely done, Jim. I like the grouping and all three are nice and sharp. I think sometimes we try to pull detail out of blacks and whites when there simply isn't much there. It can really start to look unnatural if we go too far. This looks right to my eye.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments