Posted by Mike Smith on January 9, 2007 at 5:02 PM
Had a bit of a clearout to make some disk space and came across this image that I had passed over before.
Canon 1 DsII, 500 F4.5, 1.4 tc, mounted on AS1, Sidekick, G1348 plus fill-in flash HS mode @ -1 2/3, iso400, 1/2000 at F8
crop about 40% to remove pointless plain background and resized
Posted by Sean Bolton on January 9, 2007 at 5:16 PM
Hi Mike
I like it, especially the out of focus bird in the background, it really makes the shot for me and raises it above just another straightforward bird portrait. Fill flash is not obvious and you have a nice catchlight. A decent image to find lying around on your hard disc, and with the 1Dsmk2 there are plenty of pixels for cropping, even at 40%.
Hello Mike
I like it too, and agree with Sean's comments. I do find the overall image just a bit too pink, but that's just a minor nit.
Best wishes
Phil
Posted by Mike Smith on January 9, 2007 at 5:38 PM
I knew I should have checked the eye for the black point... checking it is a smidgeon light on the blue channel, hey ho
Its amazing what you find lerking around hey...for me this image really works and is made by the addition of the out of focus bird.
Raff
Posted by Chris Lloyd on January 10, 2007 at 7:45 AM
Hi Mike,
Personally, I love the first bird and the level of detail in the plumage is lovely. I do however find the OOF bird a little distracting, but I guess that is a personal thing.
Regards Chris.
www.c-m-l.com
Posted by Mike Smith on January 10, 2007 at 6:21 PM
had another go at the colour balance, I'm not sure the monitor was up to the stable temperature last time I reprofiled it
Nice repost is better re colour, I might be tempted to crop just a tad from the top just to get rid of the couple of dark blobs up there and maybe tone down the OOF light stones in the bg. Like the OOF bird as well really makes the image for me.
Posted by David Kjaer on January 11, 2007 at 6:35 AM
Hi Mike
Very minor nits covered I think this is a superb image and I also like the inclusion of the OOF bird.
Discussion
8 repliesCanon 1 DsII, 500 F4.5, 1.4 tc, mounted on AS1, Sidekick, G1348 plus fill-in flash HS mode @ -1 2/3, iso400, 1/2000 at F8
crop about 40% to remove pointless plain background and resized
I like it, especially the out of focus bird in the background, it really makes the shot for me and raises it above just another straightforward bird portrait. Fill flash is not obvious and you have a nice catchlight. A decent image to find lying around on your hard disc, and with the 1Dsmk2 there are plenty of pixels for cropping, even at 40%.
cheers
Sean
I like it too, and agree with Sean's comments. I do find the overall image just a bit too pink, but that's just a minor nit.
Best wishes
Phil
Raff
Personally, I love the first bird and the level of detail in the plumage is lovely. I do however find the OOF bird a little distracting, but I guess that is a personal thing.
Regards Chris.
www.c-m-l.com
Very minor nits covered I think this is a superb image and I also like the inclusion of the OOF bird.
David