Posted by Ray Laurence on December 24, 2008 at 1:25 AM
Flicker captured with a Nikkor 80-400 lens at 320mm. ISO 1600, f/20 @ 1/160 sec.
Posted by Geoff Shapiro on December 24, 2008 at 2:28 AM
Hi Raymond - welcome to the PNWNP forum! This is a pretty darned good first post with a great amount of detail captured on this flicker. The sharpness is good. The bird surely does look to be trying to keep out of the inclement weather!
There is a large amount of noise visible in the image and I see from your exposure data that you shot this at ISO 1600 and f/20? For most bird images you'd probably want to stick with apertures in the f/4 to f/8 or f/11 range. Then you'd have been able to get that ISO down and still maintain a decent shutter speed and not have to worry about the noise in the image.
A little extra white balancing of the image to reduce what appears to my eye to be a little bit of color cast to the red would be beneficial.
I hope to see many more of your bird images in the future...
Posted by Mark Hudon on December 24, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Yeah, you bird guys, I have a hard enough time in taking things that haven't moved in millions of years and here you are out trying to get creative shots of firggen biirds!
This guys is looking like he's thinking he should have flown south with the rest of the flock!
Oh, these are such beautiful birds, I sure hope I can get a decent shot of one some day. I think you got a great capture of the bird and one that tells the story about the recent harsh weather.
Welcome to PNWNP and NPN.
Posted by dan elster on December 24, 2008 at 11:20 PM
I think Geoff made a couple of good points. I think you could have still gotten some decent dof w/ a smaller aperture. Still a nice shot that tells a story.
Posted by Geoff Shapiro on December 25, 2008 at 12:37 AM
MarkH said:
>Yeah, you bird guys, I have a hard enough time in taking things that haven't moved in millions of >years and here you are out trying to get creative shots of firggen biirds!
Mark, you are among the better photographers when it comes to being aware of what is around you. Open your mind just a tiny bit more and include birds too. I bet you could be good at it. You'd have to get some longer lenses though...
Posted by Kosta Koeman on December 25, 2008 at 1:06 AM
Raymond,
Nice unique image.
Geoff,
Thanks for the helpful advice. Just getting serious about digital.
Posted by Ray Laurence on December 25, 2008 at 9:57 AM
Discussion
7 repliesThere is a large amount of noise visible in the image and I see from your exposure data that you shot this at ISO 1600 and f/20? For most bird images you'd probably want to stick with apertures in the f/4 to f/8 or f/11 range. Then you'd have been able to get that ISO down and still maintain a decent shutter speed and not have to worry about the noise in the image.
A little extra white balancing of the image to reduce what appears to my eye to be a little bit of color cast to the red would be beneficial.
I hope to see many more of your bird images in the future...
This guys is looking like he's thinking he should have flown south with the rest of the flock!
Welcome to PNWNP and NPN.
>Yeah, you bird guys, I have a hard enough time in taking things that haven't moved in millions of >years and here you are out trying to get creative shots of firggen biirds!
Mark, you are among the better photographers when it comes to being aware of what is around you. Open your mind just a tiny bit more and include birds too. I bet you could be good at it. You'd have to get some longer lenses though...
Nice unique image.
Geoff,
Thanks for the helpful advice. Just getting serious about digital.