Were you able to get any ground in the shot under the birds?
I like it but would prefer to see the ground as opposed to empty space above the flock.
Regards
Posted by John Gardner on December 6, 2006 at 5:45 PM
ARD, possibly could get ground under them, but you're shooting down on them from quite a height (public hide). Would be awesome to get a hide lower down.
Won't mention the 1/2 birds at the edges . Like it but I think I would crop the top portion off so that it is tight on all 4 sides, if you see what I mean, know what you mean about public hides, these days I avoid them like the plague because of the high viewpoints ideal for watching though.
I agree with the above - a tighter crop would make the image.
Posted by John Gardner on December 7, 2006 at 8:18 AM
I've attached another, tighter crop taken with a 1.4x on the 500. I didn't post this originally because of the clipped highlights but I just couldn't get round those. There's a few lappies in here too for good measure. Although these shots might be taken on the washes, amazingly they are taken not far from Barnsley town centre!!
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12 repliesplease don't say I have birds cut in half by the edges of the frame
Nikon D2X Nikkor 500mm f/4 1/350 @f/5.6 ISO 250 Full frame.
JOhn
They're certainly very golden.
Were you able to get any ground in the shot under the birds?
I like it but would prefer to see the ground as opposed to empty space above the flock.
Regards
John
Won't mention the 1/2 birds at the edges
Both these images look tremendous when projected
John
John
Phillip.
OK, no comment from me, then.