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African Crowned Crane (C)

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Posted by Bryan Mansell on October 7, 2007 at 5:51 PM


Hi!

A photograph of an African Crowned Crane I took at the weekend. I finally purchased a 500mm lens and thought I'd take it out to Edinburgh Zoo for its first use.

Hand held at 1600 ISO, so the shot is a little grainy, but overall I'm quite happy with it.

Just looking for some general feedback to get me started.

Thanks,

Bryan :smile:
Posted by Bryan Mansell on October 7, 2007 at 5:55 PM
Oops, seemed to have messed up adding the image.

Sorry about that folks

http://www.bryanmansell.co.uk/stuff/photoforum/crane_mansell2007.jpg
Posted by Brian McGeough on October 8, 2007 at 4:03 AM
I think if you are looking for cc I think you need to put all the techs of the shot in with the post, also try to get the picture on the page it saves using a link to view.

It looks good to me, you seem to have nailed the exposure blacks and whites all seem to be there maybe a tweak in curves though to give it a bit more contrast. :toast:

Regards
Brian
Posted by Andy Astbury on October 8, 2007 at 4:12 AM
Nice sharp detail around the eye Bryan and the comp is quite striking - breaks the rules a bit, but quite pleasing all the same :toast:

Shame you ran out of DoF, the white cheek is blown and yet the black crest is clogged too - that's a sign that the subject brightness range (SBR) is way outside the DR of the camera - I used to have a D200 that would do this often, hence I got rid of it.

You don't give your full techs for this shot - always include them in full as it helps viewers critique your image better :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by Bryan Mansell on October 8, 2007 at 4:50 AM
Thanks for the replies. I'll post the tech details when I get home and can check the RAW files.