I would appreciate any critique and comments please this is just another perspective of a Bald Eagle flight shot a heavy crop but I liked the fact that I managed to retain the dark feather detail but lost the whites. Should I be looking to feature a head on shot?
Any suggestions as to how you might deal with such a subject.
1D3 sigma 500mm handheld ISO 100 247mm f/2.8 1/3200sec. Very dull overcast day.
I cant offer any kind of advice on photographing birds but I would say I'd prefer the eagle not to be flying away and the perspective of looking down on it does look a little odd to me. On the image techy side I'd suggest you look at using a two stage sharpening method for saving to the web - there are details on how to do it on this site. It would make a huge improvement to the on website image quality. Tristan
I think you need to calibrate your monitor or screen you use, your images tend to be very dark when I view them, which indicates your screen is too bright
As a general rule of thumb humans make contact with a subjects eyes first, its our natural way of communicating with people - if you cannot see eyes the image loses impact, so any subject moving away has less impact than one coming towards us.
I agree with Mike-How does this look on your screen-on mine its very dark and dingy-The dull weather has helped keep the details in the tail feathers but made the image flat-although i feel more could be saved in processing,The crop is way to tight for me and the comp again doesnt work for me-really need the bird heading your way or side on to work better-I dont understand the techs either-247mm@F2.8 with a 500F4 lens
Well done with the dark feather detail on this Barry and there's a nice sense of movement. You were asking a while ago for some info on processing and workflow. Mark Wilson has some tutorials on his website here that you may find of interest.
You say it is heavily cropped. If it was mine I’d try framing the bird less tightly and with more space towards the right and the bottom of the frame for it to fly into. I’d try the rule of thirds place the bird in at the top left hand side.
The image overall looks dark and flat on my monitor, but nothing that a little care in processing couldn’t take care of! You’ve managed to retain some great detail in shadow and dark areas of this image (even with this low res JPEG!).
Try Shadows/Highlight, to lighten the image and increase the midtone. Furthermore I’d increase the contrast slightly to give the overall image a lift!
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5 repliesAny suggestions as to how you might deal with such a subject.
1D3 sigma 500mm handheld ISO 100 247mm f/2.8 1/3200sec. Very dull overcast day.
RAW to lightroom JPEG to CS3 to resize.
Other than crop not adjusted.
Thanks
Barry
Kansas / Eastbourne
I think you need to calibrate your monitor or screen you use, your images tend to be very dark when I view them, which indicates your screen is too bright
As a general rule of thumb humans make contact with a subjects eyes first, its our natural way of communicating with people - if you cannot see eyes the image loses impact, so any subject moving away has less impact than one coming towards us.
Mike
All the best
Tim
You say it is heavily cropped. If it was mine I’d try framing the bird less tightly and with more space towards the right and the bottom of the frame for it to fly into. I’d try the rule of thirds place the bird in at the top left hand side.
The image overall looks dark and flat on my monitor, but nothing that a little care in processing couldn’t take care of! You’ve managed to retain some great detail in shadow and dark areas of this image (even with this low res JPEG!).
Try Shadows/Highlight, to lighten the image and increase the midtone. Furthermore I’d increase the contrast slightly to give the overall image a lift!