Virginia Rail MugShot

Gallery: AvianPosted July 29, 20184,565 views4 comments

This first year Virginia rail came in very close and I cropped the image to tighten up the comp. There was not a whole lot of room for getting the BG isolated. D500 600 mm f4 (1/2000 sec at f6.3, Iso 1000; fill flash at -1.7ev) Denoise, crop for comp, Levels, Shadows & Highlights...........................Jim

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Comment posted by David Schoen on July 29, 2018 at 2:39 PM

Excellent detail! I really like the depth of field here and the head turn.

Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 29, 2018 at 9:19 PM

Good catch, despite the rather busy BG. Excellent detail! You might want to remove one of the catchlights in the Rail's eye.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 29, 2018 at 10:27 PM

A nice head turn and excellent detail in the plumage, Jim. I'd be tempted to do something about the white area on the upper left leaf as it's rather distracting.

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

Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on July 30, 2018 at 3:32 PM

Hi Jim
Nice looking Rail. The shot has good detail and I like the head turn. It would be nice to do something with the white spot on the leaf and the second catch-light in the Rail's eye.
Peter

Registered on July 3, 2011, 188 Posts, 969 Comments