Beatle Kingfisher

Posted by scwildlife@hotmail.com on Sun Aug 28, 2016 3:57 pm

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1D Marv IV
Canon 800mm

iso 640
f \ 8
1 / 800s

Photo catch when it did unfortunately any more sun on my pole !
Thanks for any comments or suggestions,

Serge Chenard
Sherbrooke (Qc) Canada

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by Gene Gwin on Sun Aug 28, 2016 4:22 pm

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Serge, I understand your pain. With good light--the set-up, comp, background, prey--everything would have been about perfect.

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by Alan Murphy on Sun Aug 28, 2016 9:41 pm

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Great look back, comp and background color. Bird and perch are under exposed on my screen.

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by mikullashbee on Mon Aug 29, 2016 1:55 am

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Great perch, pose, and composition.Crazy looking fish too. As you've pointed out the difference in exposure between your BG(still in the sun)and the shaded subject was just too many stops difference to be able to expose this one equally. Flash would have been the answer in this situation. Some people don't go there and i respect their decision. I think you could probably still pull some more details out of the 'blacks' in P.S. This is why i love shooting these types of images on overcast days.

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by Square Man1 on Mon Aug 29, 2016 3:35 am

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Nice setup and great choice of perch. The guys are difficult to expose for.

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by Gaurav Mittal on Mon Aug 29, 2016 7:32 am

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Nice catch and eye contact. As already mentioned the exposure is off here. The metering was fooled by the bright
background leaving the bird under exposed. In these situations fill flash works well.

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by Karl Egressy on Mon Aug 29, 2016 12:21 pm

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As Gaurav mentioned, fill flash would be a great help in these kind of situations.

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by David Stimac on Mon Aug 29, 2016 7:16 pm

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I love it! Looks like there's a little "by catch". Nice composition, maybe a little fill in the shadows?

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by Serge Chenard on Tue Aug 30, 2016 5:08 am

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Thank you has all for your comments.
Your critics and suggestions will help me to improve my technique under these more difficult conditions.
Your help is invaluable for me!

Serge Chenard
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by Yves Guillot on Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:04 am

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Salut Serge!

The underexposed picture problem here can be fixed in PS either by using S&H or by applying a mask on the bird and the perch, or by uplifting the curves. Give it a try ...or call me up!