Posted by Paul Inglis on January 20, 2008 at 10:11 AM
With the weather being horrendously wet, causing me to spend the day indoors, I decided to go through some images that I had previously discarded. I came across this one that I shot just before Christmas. I have cropped it slightly for composition and tweaked it a little in Photoshop but no sharpening.
The techs are;
Body: Nikon D2Xs
Lens: Nikon 200-400mm f4 VR
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
Exposure Comp: 0 EV
AF Mode: AF-C
Sensitivity: ISO 200
White Balance: Cloudy
Shutter Speed: 1/500 sec
Aperture: f4
Focal Length: 210mm
Tripod: Gitzo G1548
Head: Kirk BH-1 and Wimberley Sidekick
Nice, I like the cloud formations... personally I might lose a little from the top and bottom and the 'wing pits' are looking a touch hot, but that could be the compression, really does need some sharpening for web presentation too..
Posted by Andy Shepherd on January 20, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Hi Paul,
Like the sky and as Phil has mentioned the clouds look good , but as for the gull , the blown area along the body really spoils what would have been a very nice image , bet you can recover those whites with a little more processing.
ps - visited your website yesterday but none of your galleries contained any images
Regards
Andy...
Posted by Dave Courtenay on January 20, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Great sky, I would loose some from the top-agree with Phil re blown whites
Dave
Posted by Paul Inglis on January 20, 2008 at 1:15 PM
This image was shot on a bright day and all images suffered burn highlights (I did discard them but I am trying to salvage this one).
Posted by eric weight on January 21, 2008 at 12:31 PM
One of those shots Paul, the second is technically better, but I miss the light catching the bird. You can't win can you. Eric
From one Inglis to another: The composition on the first shot, and the lighting and clouds, are beautiful. If you can combine that with the unblown highlights on the second shot - and add a bit more sharpening - you`ll have a really nice picture. My opinion, for what it`s worth!
Posted by Paul Inglis on January 22, 2008 at 8:43 AM
Thanks for all your comments guys. I liked the sky which is why I couldn’t quite bring myself to hit the delete button. After spending far to long trying each and every way to save this image I’ve final come to the conclusion that it would be quicker to shoot another and try to prevent the burning the highlights.
Andy with reference to my website (I have just changed all my galleries and to be honest, I’m dreading task of editing and uploading the images – I know I’m hopeless but will get round to it soon).
Discussion
7 repliesThe techs are;
Body: Nikon D2Xs
Lens: Nikon 200-400mm f4 VR
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
Exposure Comp: 0 EV
AF Mode: AF-C
Sensitivity: ISO 200
White Balance: Cloudy
Shutter Speed: 1/500 sec
Aperture: f4
Focal Length: 210mm
Tripod: Gitzo G1548
Head: Kirk BH-1 and Wimberley Sidekick
Like the sky and as Phil has mentioned the clouds look good , but as for the gull , the blown area along the body really spoils what would have been a very nice image , bet you can recover those whites with a little more processing.
ps - visited your website yesterday but none of your galleries contained any images
Regards
Andy...
Dave
Andy with reference to my website (I have just changed all my galleries and to be honest, I’m dreading task of editing and uploading the images – I know I’m hopeless but will get round to it soon).
Nice to meet you Inglis (Jeremy)!