Greenland Wheatear ( female )

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8 replies

Posted by Ian Macdermott on April 14, 2008 at 6:58 PM

Taken today at Ogston in between the hail showers

Nikon D80 Sigma 500mm f4.5 with Sigma 2 x TC -1/3 EV ISO 560 1250sec f9 manual focus, cropped USM levels etc and PP in Elements 6

Thanks for looking and any comments welcome

Ian

Posted by John Robinson on April 14, 2008 at 9:01 PM

Nice image.
JohnR

Posted by Mike Smith on April 15, 2008 at 1:47 AM

Ian

Very nice.

Just for interest, you can overcome the efects of very contrasty conditions by some processing, have a go at;

Duplicate layer and then on this new layer;
Desaturate image
Invert image
Gaussian blur radius 10
blending mode - change to overlay
opacity - reduce to about 70%

The changes are subtle but quite rewarding - similar in effect to using the shadow/highlight tool but I find the effects can be better as you can sharpen the original layer without introducing the halo frequently seen when aggressive shadow/highlight has been used

Mike

Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on April 15, 2008 at 2:15 AM

Nice picture of this distinguished looking bird

Posted by Tim Munsey on April 15, 2008 at 3:29 AM

Good to see one of these, can I suggest you stop down further when using a 2x to say F/11+ as this will increase sharpness. Still a fine capture.

Tim

Posted by Paul Inglis on April 15, 2008 at 7:56 AM

Hi Ian,

Very, very nice capture!

Posted by Alan Woolnough on April 15, 2008 at 1:27 PM

Nicely done Ian, and your manual focusing has done the job nicely!

Typical proud looking stance, and a fine result

Alan

Posted by Ian Macdermott on April 15, 2008 at 5:32 PM

Thanks for all the feedback and advice.

Mike: I will try that tonight.

Tim: Thanks will stop down more next time .

Cheers

Ian

Posted by Paula Graham on April 16, 2008 at 4:04 PM

Beautiful bird.