Pheasant

Discussion

4 replies

Posted by Tom Smit on July 22, 2008 at 4:12 PM

I met this pheasant a few weeks ago in the fields.
I had to crop a lot.

Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/800
Av( Aperture Value ) 4.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 100
Focal Length 500.0 mm
White Balance Mode Color Temperature(4000K)

C&C welcome. Thanks in advance.

Posted by David Kjaer on July 22, 2008 at 6:20 PM

Hi Tom

Great eye contact but because the bird is facing away from the light there are important areas of the image that are a little on the dark side!

David

Posted by Robert Lawrence on July 24, 2008 at 8:53 AM

I have to agree with David on this one Tom. On my monitor the image looks far too dark and an awful lot of blocked shadow areas. A shame really because it could be a nice portrait. You mentioned you had to crop a lot, perhaps try to back off a bit and include a bit more background, especially to the left of the bird.
All the best.
Robert

Posted by Magnus Hird on July 24, 2008 at 2:10 PM

Yep same here, most of the colour and iridescence in the throat feathers is lost in shadow. Give him a tap on the shoulder

Posted by Tom Smit on August 28, 2008 at 3:33 AM

Thanks for the comments.

Tom