Taken downstream from my previous post of the Night Heron.
Was photographing primarily Little Crakes with the occasional Ballion’s Crake putting in an appearance, when the light got a bit harsh, so I decided to go away scouting the area and in particular a ford I knew about. About 2 o’clock I returned, but was disappointed as there were no crakes around. To my delight this fella emerged, I managed three shots before he disappeared.
I was setup for crakes lens wise, but I settle for this shot any day.
Taken from car, 600mm f/4, 1/125 sec @ f11, tripod mounted, electrical cable release used.
Normal Photoshop procedure, whatever that is, plus some cloning.
Posted by Rene de Heer on November 23, 2008 at 2:29 AM
Can't fault it Ray, very nice image.
Rene de Heer
Posted by Rob Fisher on November 23, 2008 at 2:55 AM
Ray,
I can't decide if including the whole of the birds reflection would make the image better or not.
Either way, great image.
Rob
Posted by David Kjaer on November 23, 2008 at 6:10 AM
Hi Ray
Nice image but as you have not captured the entire reflection I don't think this crop works and you need to crop quite a bit off the bottom of the frame!
David
Posted by Tim Gregory on November 23, 2008 at 6:50 AM
Pretty subject, I echo David's comments regarding losing a little off the bottom.
Also notice a slight halo around the birds head and back, nicely lit though.
Posted by John Robinson on November 23, 2008 at 7:27 AM
A picture which I feel could be improved. The reflection has already been mentioned. I feel that it has to be all or nothing. Chopped in half does not look good, but this is the price sometimes for a lower POV. A slight rotation right could help a bit.
I certainly feel more space on the left - I never like side head view with the beak or eye farther than half way across the image.
The whole thing looks more "gutsy" with the gamma down a tad- at least it does on my monitor. Could be my set up.
Lot of nits but has the making of a pleasant shot.
Can't do much about the reflection though.
JR
Discussion
7 repliesWas photographing primarily Little Crakes with the occasional Ballion’s Crake putting in an appearance, when the light got a bit harsh, so I decided to go away scouting the area and in particular a ford I knew about. About 2 o’clock I returned, but was disappointed as there were no crakes around. To my delight this fella emerged, I managed three shots before he disappeared.
I was setup for crakes lens wise, but I settle for this shot any day.
Taken from car, 600mm f/4, 1/125 sec @ f11, tripod mounted, electrical cable release used.
Normal Photoshop procedure, whatever that is, plus some cloning.
Rene de Heer
I can't decide if including the whole of the birds reflection would make the image better or not.
Either way, great image.
Rob
Nice image but as you have not captured the entire reflection I don't think this crop works and you need to crop quite a bit off the bottom of the frame!
David
Also notice a slight halo around the birds head and back, nicely lit though.
I certainly feel more space on the left - I never like side head view with the beak or eye farther than half way across the image.
The whole thing looks more "gutsy" with the gamma down a tad- at least it does on my monitor. Could be my set up.
Lot of nits but has the making of a pleasant shot.
Can't do much about the reflection though.
JR
Sandra.