Taken today in the park I think spring has arrived.
Phillip.
Nikon D2X
Focal Length: 500mm
Color Mode: Mode III (Adobe RGB)
2007/02/26 10:31:51.6
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
White Balance: Preset d-4
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
AF Mode: AF-C
1/250 sec - F/6.3
Lens: 500mm F/4.5 D
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Posted by Paul Gibbs on February 26, 2007 at 10:21 AM
Very nice Phillip, I must admit i do like Gold and Fire crests. I Noticed 4 pairs while vole spotting on the weekend. They all where chasing each other about so it looks like spring is arriving...
Posted by Jim Greenfield on February 26, 2007 at 10:27 AM
Beautiful feather detail and well done with this extremely active species. Very good as is but I wonder if the top right quarter could be toned down a bit? Just seems a shade on the bright side compared with the rest of the pic.
Nicely done... a difficult bird to capture well and you have done so here... looks like the sun was shining... not been out from my hidy hole studio today...
Posted by Richard Tynan on February 26, 2007 at 10:58 AM
A nice capture.
I agree it is just a little bright to me too, especially the top right.
Looks good toned down a fraction, with richer colours.
It certainly looks like spring is on it's way
Posted by Dave Courtenay on February 26, 2007 at 11:13 AM
Amazing capture-one of the best Goldies i have seen,Not often seen so large in the frame
Posted by Tim Munsey on February 26, 2007 at 11:31 AM
Hi Phillip,
Interesting that you are using mode III? Why your preferance? I may give it a go myself, good to learn from an old hand. Impressive capture, they don't hang around but then this is, its almost about to full off my screen.
Hi Tim I feel it gives better contrast and the Greens seem very accurate when the colour saturation is set to low in camera, it also gives the image a bit of brightness possibly to much in this one, I mainly used colour mode 2 for my higher ISO shots as that seems to improve the noise characteristics of the raw file.
Hi have adjusted the level slightly to make it a little darker.
Phillip.
Posted by Philip Kirkham on February 26, 2007 at 12:31 PM
Hello Phil
Great work as usual. The second shot is that bit better too,
Best wishes
Phil
Posted by David Taylor on February 26, 2007 at 4:07 PM
If the sun was shining, then the first image is preferable IMHO. It is sometimes a dilemma
whether to show the image to reflect the conditions for a true record or show the image for
critical approbation.
Posted by Richard Tynan on February 26, 2007 at 4:25 PM
Hi Phillip,
The repost does look good and shows off their acrobatic nature very well.
Posted by Paul Thomas on February 26, 2007 at 7:02 PM
Superb shot Phil
Posted by David Kjaer on February 28, 2007 at 7:10 AM
Great capture - prefer the latter!
David
Posted by Rene de Heer on February 28, 2007 at 12:29 PM
ANother oh so difficult birs to take pictures of! Well done. i also prefer nr 2!
Rene de Heer
Discussion
15 repliesPhillip.
Nikon D2X
Focal Length: 500mm
Color Mode: Mode III (Adobe RGB)
2007/02/26 10:31:51.6
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
White Balance: Preset d-4
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
AF Mode: AF-C
1/250 sec - F/6.3
Lens: 500mm F/4.5 D
Sensitivity: ISO 200
I agree it is just a little bright to me too, especially the top right.
Looks good toned down a fraction, with richer colours.
It certainly looks like spring is on it's way
Interesting that you are using mode III? Why your preferance? I may give it a go myself, good to learn from an old hand. Impressive capture, they don't hang around but then this is, its almost about to full off my screen.
Tim
Phillip.
Phillip.
Great work as usual. The second shot is that bit better too,
Best wishes
Phil
whether to show the image to reflect the conditions for a true record or show the image for
critical approbation.
The repost does look good and shows off their acrobatic nature very well.
David
Rene de Heer
A very fine result of a tricky little subject.
I prefer the re-post.