Osprey with Catch 1st Post

Posted by Dan N on Tue Sep 09, 2003 11:59 am

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The Osprey were fishing like crazy all day, but this was the only one that flew my way after the catch.

Canon EOS 1D
Canon EF 300 f/2.8 w/ 1.4x Converter
800 ISO
1/500th @f/4.0
Incident meter reading.

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by Alan Melle on Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:27 pm

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Welcome to NSN, Dan. Great composition and catch of the action. On my monitor this looks a bit overexposed. Based on the OOF background (chain link fence) this looks like where Chas conducts his Osprey IPT's on Long Island.

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by Jack Frank on Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:47 pm

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welcome to NSN. I like the angle you have the bird in the frame.

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by Greg Downing on Tue Sep 09, 2003 1:11 pm

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Dan, this is killer with the bird coming right at you! I agree it's a bit bright. If this is how the original is, and you were shooting in RAW, then try a combined conversion to save the highlights. There is an article here explaining this process:

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by Dan N on Tue Sep 09, 2003 2:40 pm

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Thanks for the input.. I'm trying to find the right combination of tonal adjustments to get the images to look right from the laptop. Needless to say, I'm going bald pulling my hair out!! Any suggestions??

I reposted it a little darker.

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by Michael Eckstein on Tue Sep 09, 2003 5:34 pm

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With corrections as suggested this will be a killer image!!! Thanks for sharing.

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by Bob Ettinger on Tue Sep 09, 2003 5:46 pm

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Dan,

Nice one and they are really hard to get. Great angle on the wings.

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by Anthony Medici on Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:07 pm

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Along with Greg's suggestion, I'd suggest turning off all the sharpening and selectively sharpening the bird after you get it into photoshop. That should reduce some of the noise in the background.
Great action!

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by NDCheryl on Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:54 pm

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Welcome to NSN Dan. I really like the angle of the bird in the frame. Nice job catching the action.

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by Alan Murphy on Tue Sep 09, 2003 7:10 pm

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Dan, welcome.

This has great potential in PS. Love the angle of the bird and the water spray.

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by Rich S on Wed Sep 10, 2003 6:54 am

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Nice catch both for you and the osprey. Greg's and Tony's suggestions are very good. Might also consider posting from a desktop rather than a laptop. While I love my laptop, I find it very tough to get the brightness consistently correct there.

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by Heather Forcier on Wed Sep 10, 2003 7:36 pm

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Hi, Dan!

This is a nice head on look of an osprey with its prize! I would second the recommendations not to rely too heavily on a laptop screen (unless you have one of those really good ones) and to give the conversion technique a try. It takes a few tries to get the curves right after adjusting opacity, but it's fun to see the possibilities.

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