Cairngorm Mountains, June 2008.
D200, 500mm+1.4x, manual focus, f8, 1/500, ISO 320.
Manfrotto 055 and 393 gimbal.
Slight crop to move him more off-centre.
Light was very harsh, but pleased to get this shot. This was one of a pair that were next to a busy path- lots of people were passing by without noticing them. The big lens and tripod get quite heavy after 7 hours carrying it up and down mountains....
Worth the carrying Ben. Lovely composition and pose on this one. On my monitor (uncalibrated) it looks a touch light but other than that I really like it.
Robert
Posted by John Robinson on July 18, 2008 at 11:31 AM
Like this one the compostion works well and some nice detail on the bird. It does look a little bright and the white feather on the left looks burnt out. If this was taken in Raw you might be able to get this back.
Lovely birds these Benn and showing well in habitat.
Perhaps a touch on the bright side as pointed out the lower left hand feather.
To make the bird pop even more I think I would have blurred that BG., and even the rocks in the FG.
Discussion
7 repliesD200, 500mm+1.4x, manual focus, f8, 1/500, ISO 320.
Manfrotto 055 and 393 gimbal.
Slight crop to move him more off-centre.
Light was very harsh, but pleased to get this shot. This was one of a pair that were next to a busy path- lots of people were passing by without noticing them. The big lens and tripod get quite heavy after 7 hours carrying it up and down mountains....
Robert
JR
Like this one the compostion works well and some nice detail on the bird. It does look a little bright and the white feather on the left looks burnt out. If this was taken in Raw you might be able to get this back.
I like the comp and the head turn of the bird.
Very good to see the camouflage of the feathers, perfect.
cheers,
Bertl
Perhaps a touch on the bright side as pointed out the lower left hand feather.
To make the bird pop even more I think I would have blurred that BG., and even the rocks in the FG.
Major.
Phil.