Posted by Paul Williams on November 3, 2006 at 2:27 PM
Ouch! really sharp, great flight shot, I wish it was one of mine. I'm not sure if it's a tad too sharp though, it has to be said that it's bit hard to tell on my monitor but the wing outline looks a bit 'hard' somehow and the greens look a little noisy.......but I hasten to add that it may just be me!
Posted by Larry Corbett on November 3, 2006 at 3:24 PM
Breathtaking shot Dave, I just love the intense stare in the eyes
ISO 320, I tried this at Slimbridge (usually don't go above 250)I find if I underexpose too much, or get the exposure wrong IE too dark, then I can only pull back the exposure max of 1 stop before the noise really shows up and ruins the image
Have you found this?
Posted by David Kjaer on November 3, 2006 at 3:53 PM
Hi Larry
Yes this image was almost a shot under exposed and even correcting it in RAW does increase the noise a little. On the day I shot this image I was shooting in manual but the light was a bit all over the place, so I ended up with a few poor exposures!
Noise and sharpness issues aside, this is a cracker of a shot.
Composition is superb with the bird tying the land and sky very nicely and in the gap beore the tree too.
Re shooting RAW....doesn't everyone shoot that way to compensate for cocked up exposures? I know I do, otherwise I'd be shooting Jpeg all the time and relying on myself to get superb exposures every time (no chance)
Good capture and nice to see something different from the usual "here's a Gigrin kite gliding in against a blue sky" so thanks for that!
The OOF tree with sky highlights on the right bothers me, it competes for attention IMO. A clone or crop would easily cure, either as tight portrait crop on the bird or a square one intersecting the offending tree to leave a bit of background and space for the bid to fly into. Think we're in minor nit territory here tho'...
A
Posted by John Gardner on November 4, 2006 at 4:25 AM
everything is fine on this for me Dave; like the o/c lighting, trees in the b/g frame the bird and the composition is spot on.
Nice one
John
Posted by David Taylor on November 4, 2006 at 7:33 AM
It certainly displays a sense of purpose. Great shot! Excellent composition.
Posted by John Swift on November 4, 2006 at 7:37 AM
David, I like how this illustrates the fabulous markings these raptors have across their backs. I also much prefer flight shots against a terrain background rather than a traditional blue sky. Something I found none too easy shooting a D1x. I've yet to find out whether the D2x performs any better in this regard.
Regards
John S
Posted by Graeme Lee on November 4, 2006 at 12:14 PM
Blimey
No nits at all David. Wonderfully done in all respects.
Discussion
11 repliesCanon 1D MkII + 500f4 iso 320 f4.5 1/6400 (Full frame)
ISO 320, I tried this at Slimbridge (usually don't go above 250)I find if I underexpose too much, or get the exposure wrong IE too dark, then I can only pull back the exposure max of 1 stop before the noise really shows up and ruins the image
Have you found this?
Yes this image was almost a shot under exposed and even correcting it in RAW does increase the noise a little. On the day I shot this image I was shooting in manual but the light was a bit all over the place, so I ended up with a few poor exposures!
David
Composition is superb with the bird tying the land and sky very nicely and in the gap beore the tree too.
Re shooting RAW....doesn't everyone shoot that way to compensate for cocked up exposures? I know I do, otherwise I'd be shooting Jpeg all the time and relying on myself to get superb exposures every time (no chance)
John
Good capture and nice to see something different from the usual "here's a Gigrin kite gliding in against a blue sky" so thanks for that!
The OOF tree with sky highlights on the right bothers me, it competes for attention IMO. A clone or crop would easily cure, either as tight portrait crop on the bird or a square one intersecting the offending tree to leave a bit of background and space for the bid to fly into. Think we're in minor nit territory here tho'...
A
Nice one
John
Regards
John S
No nits at all David. Wonderfully done in all respects.
Graeme