Posted by David Kjaer on October 23, 2006 at 7:22 AM
Taken on my recent trip to Richmond Park against a horrible white flat sky.
Canon 20D + 300 f2.8 IS + x2 ext. iso 400 1/320 at f8. It was a bit of a grab shot and the bird was one stop under exposed (correceted in Adobe RAW) Considering the light, high iso, approx. 60% crop and the fact I got the exposure wrong with no noise reduction applied, I was reasonable pleased with the result
Posted by John Chapman on October 23, 2006 at 7:29 AM
Hi David
nice shot and I like the composition. It looks as though it was shot in a Studio.
http://johnachapman.smugmug.com/
Seeing more and more of these around, particularly along the Thames, there is also a flock of around 40 odd birds in the Sevenoaks area and a large flock in Thanet.
Like the effect created by the featureless sky here, nice one.
Nice to hear that you cock up exposures as well-i will sleep better tonight-I think you have done well here and the perch sets it off nicely
Posted by John Swift on October 24, 2006 at 10:26 AM
Not for me, I'm afraid the background totally dominates in my eyes.
Regards
John S
Posted by Sean Bolton on October 24, 2006 at 5:16 PM
Hi David
In the conditions you have done very well here and got very good colour and detail in the bird. It does have the look of a studio shot but under the conditions not a lot you can do about it.
I didn't realise these birds were getting so common in London and also the South East.
A fine result given the less than perfect conditions you had to deal with.
Love the curved perch,and of course the colourful charactor perched on the end of it.
Discussion
9 repliesCanon 20D + 300 f2.8 IS + x2 ext. iso 400 1/320 at f8. It was a bit of a grab shot and the bird was one stop under exposed (correceted in Adobe RAW) Considering the light, high iso, approx. 60% crop and the fact I got the exposure wrong with no noise reduction applied, I was reasonable pleased with the result
nice shot and I like the composition. It looks as though it was shot in a Studio.
http://johnachapman.smugmug.com/
Like the effect created by the featureless sky here, nice one.
Terry
John
Regards
John S
In the conditions you have done very well here and got very good colour and detail in the bird. It does have the look of a studio shot but under the conditions not a lot you can do about it.
I didn't realise these birds were getting so common in London and also the South East.
cheers
Sean
A fine result given the less than perfect conditions you had to deal with.
Love the curved perch,and of course the colourful charactor perched on the end of it.