a young Robin taken awhile back. Slightly odd expsoure as I was trying to get some background colour whilst lighting the bird with a 580Ex gun with diffuser mounted off camera and the light was dropping. The white on the branch isn't perfect but it was already there so I left it alone
Canon 1D MkII N
Canon 600mm + 31mm extn tube
1/30sec@f8 iso 200 raw
Processed in Capture One and CS2, full frame image
Posted by Andy Astbury on June 15, 2007 at 2:24 PM
Kev - this looks a great image - there's good detail and the the fill flash seems to have worked a treat
It looks a little 'punch-less' on my CRT, but as I'm having calibration uncertanties it's proberbly ME!!
Nice to see a good close-up of the Robin in his freshly mottled plumage.
Like the pose,like the background and don't mind the white fungi on the branch at all.
I can see where Andy's coming from regarding the slight lack of contrast,not glaringly obvious at all,but I do feel a very slight curves adjustment would give the image just a little more oomph.
Good use of fill in flash although I'm not sure about the reflections in the eye.
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7 repliesCanon 1D MkII N
Canon 600mm + 31mm extn tube
1/30sec@f8 iso 200 raw
Processed in Capture One and CS2, full frame image
It looks a little 'punch-less' on my CRT, but as I'm having calibration uncertanties it's proberbly ME!!
Nice one
Like the pose,like the background and don't mind the white fungi on the branch at all.
I can see where Andy's coming from regarding the slight lack of contrast,not glaringly obvious at all,but I do feel a very slight curves adjustment would give the image just a little more oomph.
Good use of fill in flash although I'm not sure about the reflections in the eye.
Regards Chris.