Blackcocks
Birds eyeing each other up. Picture taken recently with Canon Camera 300mm Lens + 1.4 conv. Equ.420mm. ISO 800 1/800sec at F11 Exp. Comp. – 1.0EV
Used neat image. All comments welcome.
John
Aberdeen.
Another super Blackcock image, looks a nightmare to expose correctly,I may be wrong but it looks like you have done some PP work on the white and dark plumage....
Great image. What I particularly like is the interaction between the two birds which makes it a bit more than the usual static portrait of these birds. The detail and contrast in the birds feathers look good to me. The whites seem to have some detail and there is also detail in the blacks, very tricky to meter in bright light. I also use either -2/3rds or -1 stop in eval mode when photographing these types of birds (puffins, coots, etc) as otherwise the whites will be lost, at least the blacks can be pulled up a bit even if it means introducing a bit of noise.
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4 repliesBirds eyeing each other up. Picture taken recently with Canon Camera 300mm Lens + 1.4 conv. Equ.420mm. ISO 800 1/800sec at F11 Exp. Comp. – 1.0EV
Used neat image. All comments welcome.
John
Aberdeen.
Great pose from the birds-real stand off stuff-would love to see it
Like it....
Nice to see someone had sun on their lek. Nice pose but a little contrasty for my taste!
David
Great image. What I particularly like is the interaction between the two birds which makes it a bit more than the usual static portrait of these birds. The detail and contrast in the birds feathers look good to me. The whites seem to have some detail and there is also detail in the blacks, very tricky to meter in bright light. I also use either -2/3rds or -1 stop in eval mode when photographing these types of birds (puffins, coots, etc) as otherwise the whites will be lost, at least the blacks can be pulled up a bit even if it means introducing a bit of noise.
cheers
Sean