Posted by Paul Gibbs on February 27, 2008 at 6:49 PM
Its Sheldon!
D2X and 500mm f4.5 ISO 200
Posted by Andy Astbury on February 28, 2008 at 3:37 AM
Great CU Paul
The blacks look to have a bit of a cast in them and the highlights are clipping - have you got a big spike on the right edge of the histogram on the raw file?
Tack sharp and great detail
Posted by Mark Sisson on February 28, 2008 at 4:03 AM
Nice profile - slightly blown out on the whites as Andy says but lovely sharp detail.
Posted by John Chapman on February 28, 2008 at 6:06 AM
Nice portrait Paul.
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Paul Gibbs on February 28, 2008 at 7:04 AM
Hmm colour cast in the black? Hmm i dont see it, but the head is dark green?
There was little i could do about the clipped highlights, it was either that or no detail in the dark areas and noise, i took this a while before shooting the Goldeneye.
Posted by Paul Inglis on February 28, 2008 at 8:04 AM
Hi Paul,
Nice Portrait!
Posted by Andy Bate on February 28, 2008 at 9:16 AM
A very striking portrait set against a really attractive warm coloured backdrop.
Highlights look fine on my screen with Photoshop indicating they aren't clipped. I suspect the colour cast referred to is actually the ducks head colouring.
Nice head turn towards the camera and lots of detail in the feathers.
Lots of impact too with that vibrantly coloured beak.
Posted by Helge Sorensen on February 28, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Normally I'm no fan of head-shots, but this really shows details about a somewhat overlooked bird. Very nice image
Posted by eric weight on February 29, 2008 at 12:39 AM
Discussion
9 repliesD2X and 500mm f4.5 ISO 200
The blacks look to have a bit of a cast in them and the highlights are clipping - have you got a big spike on the right edge of the histogram on the raw file?
Tack sharp and great detail
John
Aberdeen
There was little i could do about the clipped highlights, it was either that or no detail in the dark areas and noise, i took this a while before shooting the Goldeneye.
Nice Portrait!
Highlights look fine on my screen with Photoshop indicating they aren't clipped. I suspect the colour cast referred to is actually the ducks head colouring.
Nice head turn towards the camera and lots of detail in the feathers.
Lots of impact too with that vibrantly coloured beak.