Another osprey shot from the Rogue river. Unfortunately the whites are blown a bit on his neck, but I like the subject and its pose. This was also taken hand held from a jet boat.
Posted by Geoff Shapiro on September 25, 2008 at 1:23 AM
Ryan - this is a pretty nice pose and capture. Are you sure the whites were blown so bad that you couldn't recover them in ACR (compositing one or more raw developments)? I might also do a little curves or levels adjustment to bring out a tiny bit more detail in the shadowed side of the head.
Posted by Zach Ehlert on September 25, 2008 at 1:28 AM
Great shot, especially hand held all auto from a jet boat. Maybe crop a little more off the top and right to really make the subject pop.
Geoff, I got as much as I could out of those whites with Recover maxed out and exposer dropped down as far as I dare. Even if I drag exposure down to -3 its bright white in that area, so that's about as good as it's going to get, unfortunately.
Posted by Craig Sullivan on September 25, 2008 at 5:32 PM
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4 repliesCanon 40D 100-400IS @ 400mm; 400 ISO; f/7.1 @ 1/400s
All auto exposure and focus.