Posted by Kim Connolly on October 28, 2010 at 6:08 AM
Took this a couple of weeks ago on a very bright sunny day and the blue background is the water reflecting the blue sky. The sun gives it a biut of a harsh feel but don't know what I could have done about this! C & C welcome ( The fish looked a bit worried!!)
7d +_400mm f5.6
1/1600"
F8
Aperture priority
ISO 400
EV -0.67EV
Evaluative
Very well caught in more ways than one,as you say Kim the light is a bit harsh but i'm sure some one on here would advise you on this ,as for the fish wouldn't you be worried
Keith.
Sits well in the frame Kim, but not sure about the process on this one and there looks like a bit of blue sky colouring is running over the branch too?
Steve
Posted by Kim Connolly on October 28, 2010 at 8:23 AM
Hi - thanks for comments - this is the unedited version!!! the blue water on the branch is a bit of clumsy cloning!!!!!
Posted by Barry Southon on October 28, 2010 at 10:23 AM
Kim
Still a great pose tounge, wide eyed fish and action well caught. I really struggle with handling harsh light most of the time. With action like this why worry?
Posted by Karen Summers on October 28, 2010 at 1:33 PM
Well caught Kim it can be difficult sometimes with the harsh light
Posted by Phil Shaw on October 28, 2010 at 1:45 PM
The timing's great; all you have to do now is work on the processing
Assuming that the original is a RAW file you could try blending two different exposures to get a better result. As posted, the blue in the first image is a bit un-natural looking: the second image is better and this exposure works OK for the fish and front end of the bird. The white neck patch and dorsal feathers are a bit over cooked tho' and this is a very common problem when photographing kfs in bright sunlight. Try a -2ev exposure combined with the 0ev capture and see if you can get a better result. The action captured would seem to justify spending a bit of time on it.
Posted by Kim Connolly on October 28, 2010 at 2:41 PM
Hi Phil - sadly I was not using Raw as the 7d no longer works with Photoshop CS3. So it was just j peg. I do appreciate the advice very much and will keep this in mind if I can get back to using Raw editijng again.
Posted by Phil Shaw on October 28, 2010 at 3:29 PM
With the 7D you should be able to shoot in RAW mode and then convert the RAW files to .dng for processing in CS3. Just make sure you keep a copy of the RAW file as you may eventually be able to get a better product from the RAW when you up-grade to a later version of PS in the future.
Posted by John Robinson on October 28, 2010 at 7:55 PM
Well done Kim
I think the fish in mid air makes this shot. I never noticed anything about the branch.
Cheers
John
Posted by John Robinson on October 28, 2010 at 7:55 PM
Well done Kim
I think the fish in mid air makes this shot. I never noticed anything about the branch.
Cheers
John
Posted by eric weight on October 29, 2010 at 11:23 AM
Doesn't that p*** you off Kim. I have the same trouble with my 5D2 files. CS3 won't open them. Bibble 5 which I already have will open them but mutilates the colours. I have tried lightroom 3 and it works great but I am still trying to get over the 'ripped off by Adobe feeling' before splashing out on it.
The picture is well worth spending the time on Kim, it's a perfectly-timed capture.
It's always the same though; the bread and butter stuff comes out perfectly - the killer shot always has a snag somewhere. The story of every wildlife photographer's life I guess. eric
Posted by Kim Connolly on October 29, 2010 at 1:04 PM
Many thanks for all the interest and advice and will obviously have a try at some of the suggestions. At the moment I am also debating whether I shall have to upgrade CS3 - have a few friends in the same situation - but yes I agree Eric - I do feel ripped off by Adobe.
Fantastic timing! Makes a nice change to see a slightly different kingfisher shot - just needs a slightly better round of processing to make the most of it
Discussion
15 replies7d +_400mm f5.6
1/1600"
F8
Aperture priority
ISO 400
EV -0.67EV
Evaluative
Keith.
Steve
Still a great pose tounge, wide eyed fish and action well caught. I really struggle with handling harsh light most of the time. With action like this why worry?
Well done.
Geoff.
Assuming that the original is a RAW file you could try blending two different exposures to get a better result. As posted, the blue in the first image is a bit un-natural looking: the second image is better and this exposure works OK for the fish and front end of the bird. The white neck patch and dorsal feathers are a bit over cooked tho' and this is a very common problem when photographing kfs in bright sunlight. Try a -2ev exposure combined with the 0ev capture and see if you can get a better result. The action captured would seem to justify spending a bit of time on it.
I think the fish in mid air makes this shot. I never noticed anything about the branch.
Cheers
John
I think the fish in mid air makes this shot. I never noticed anything about the branch.
Cheers
John
The picture is well worth spending the time on Kim, it's a perfectly-timed capture.
It's always the same though; the bread and butter stuff comes out perfectly - the killer shot always has a snag somewhere. The story of every wildlife photographer's life I guess.