Posted by Barry Southon on November 23, 2010 at 4:16 PM
As I mentioned in my previous post my sole objective was to practice and seek a flight capture technique.
This shot was in that vein whilst concentrating on the head and eye's for sharpness.
Canon 1D3 Canon 800mm HH RAW to lightroom and the resized to post. Full frame (then ducked)ISO800 f/10 1/500sec
Comments, Advice, Critique sought and most welcome.
Thanks for looking.
Posted by Ian Mason on November 23, 2010 at 4:49 PM
Lovely pose and head turn. Hard to assess sharpness at this size, but it seems sharp to me where it matters. I'd like to see a little more space in the frame and the bird higher up. ( On first look, I thought the jesses were peculiar legs!)
Posted by Ian Macdermott on November 23, 2010 at 5:18 PM
Nicely caught Barry
just got it all in by the skin of your teeth
the bird looks a little dark on my screen and the jesses need to go, both easily sorted
It is good to practice BIF images to perfect your technique. And crikey with an 800mm lense you are not doing too badly! The birds wing tips give a sense of movement whilst the birds body and head look sharp at this size. I agree with Ian that the bird looks a bit dark but easily sorted.
Shaun
Posted by Andrew Mason on November 24, 2010 at 5:20 AM
Barry, to be very picky, I'd prefer it with either a little more room or altenatively even closer concentrating on the face. I also think it is a tad dark. Andrew
Well Barry, I reckon you have succeeded with your aim ie getting decent flight shots. Nits covered. Did you start tracking this well before it became this size in the viewfinder? If so and you started shooting eaarlier then perhaps one of the slightly more distant images would please more. I must say you have certainly to be commended on your hand holding technique with that lens.
Discussion
5 repliesThis shot was in that vein whilst concentrating on the head and eye's for sharpness.
Canon 1D3 Canon 800mm HH RAW to lightroom and the resized to post. Full frame (then ducked)ISO800 f/10 1/500sec
Comments, Advice, Critique sought and most welcome.
Thanks for looking.
just got it all in by the skin of your teeth
the bird looks a little dark on my screen and the jesses need to go, both easily sorted
It is good to practice BIF images to perfect your technique. And crikey with an 800mm lense you are not doing too badly! The birds wing tips give a sense of movement whilst the birds body and head look sharp at this size. I agree with Ian that the bird looks a bit dark but easily sorted.
Shaun