Touch down

Gallery: AvianPosted September 24, 2016109 views2 comments

Staying with Swans, I photograph this one at South Cove in Old Saybrook, Ct. , with the help of a mono pole. The shot is a 16/9 photograph and cropped by 50%. I used Lightroom 5 to help with the whites. I know the shot is more center then I would like, but I rand-out of room on the right side of the frame and at a 50% crop I didn’t it think I should push it anymore.
Camera Model Canon EOS 7D Mark II, Shooting Date/Time 9/03/16, 8:41:23 AM
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE, Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/1600
Av(Aperture Value) 8.0, Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -2/3, ISO Speed 400
Lens TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011, Focal Length 600.0mm
Image Quality RAW, AF Mode AI Servo AF.
Thank you for stopping by.
Peter

Comments

2 comments

Comment posted by David Rowe on September 25, 2016 at 2:15 AM

Hi Peter
The flight path was almost head on to the viewer and I’d say that there’s no case for more canvas on the RHS of this shot. In this this touch down event the swan is ‘here and now’ having flown through masses of three-dimensional space. In your take, the fact that you have slightly more canvas on the LHS is most appropriate. Well done.
David

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 25, 2016 at 2:59 PM

Great capture of the moment, Peter, your timing was perfect. I agree that this shouldn't be cropped more. This would be a great image to use Photoshop's content aware fill on-you could crop a bit off the left and add a bit of canvas on the right to keep the same overall size but shift the swan in the frame. I don't know if they've put that feature in PS Elements (a much more affordable package), but I find myself using it more often that I would have expected as my rather shaky hands make for "interesting" framing of flight shots.

devil

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