Motif: snowy bow

Posted by Paulyoly on Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:58 pm

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I'm sure none of you pros out there ever do this, but I'm always forgetting to change my aperture/iso when switching from my 200 2.8L to my 400 f5.6L. That is what happened in this case which is why this was shot at f5.6 iso100. I wish my camera could remember a preset aperture/iso for a given lens. Anyway I wish I had more dof in this shot. Needless to say the bird had flown the coop by the time I realized.

20d/400 f5.6L
Focal Length 400 mm
Exposure Time 1/500 sec
Aperture f/5.6
ISO Equivalent 100
Exposure Bias -1/3

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by whf4 on Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:00 pm

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yeah, but still gorgeous all the same!

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by Greg Downing on Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:15 pm

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Nice one!

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by Todd Huffman on Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:22 pm

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A very nice capture. Lots of retained details in the whites.

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by Cindy Marple on Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:06 pm

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This is a really cool pose with the bow and windswept breeding plumes, plus the red lores and feet. The dof doesn't bother me as much as the fact that it's overall a bit dark, and the bill and legs almost merge in to the bg. I bet some work with curves or shadow/highlight could make this pop more.

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by Juan E. Bahamon on Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:31 pm

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Paul:

To me looks very artistic, I wouldn't change a thing.

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by KK Hui on Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:31 am

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Love the 'hair-do' ...
Well done!

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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:33 am

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A very minor nit is the bill getting a little lost in the BG, but a beautiful image in spite of that.

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by juanli on Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:38 am

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Excellent image, amazing.

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by mrhughj on Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:08 am

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Works for me as is!!!!!!!!!!!!

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by Paulyoly on Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:18 am

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Cindy wrote:This is a really cool pose with the bow and windswept breeding plumes, plus the red lores and feet. The dof doesn't bother me as much as the fact that it's overall a bit dark, and the bill and legs almost merge in to the bg. I bet some work with curves or shadow/highlight could make this pop more.

you're right Cindy, it looks to dark, here is a quick and rough redo. I'll admit i'm no good with curves so I adjusted levels and used a screen layer, plus a little contrast.

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by Paulyoly on Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:20 am

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I also cloned out the poop on the stick, think I did a pretty good job with the cloning.

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by fredcor on Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:10 am

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Very nice. I would never have noticed your concern but, I wish the bill was more noticeable. I can see why these birds were almost hunted to extinction.

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by Mike Gallo on Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:43 am

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The repost is just right, nice work

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by Penney Goodwin on Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:03 am

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Beautiful, beautiful! I want one like this.

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by Alan Murphy on Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:19 am

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Great shot Paul.

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by Jim Urbach on Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:53 pm

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Wonderful pose. Love the windblown feathers.

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by Georgina Salup on Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:38 pm

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Different and totally beautiful. I'll love to take one like this.

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by Kim Steininger on Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:22 pm

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Love the pose and the wind swept plumes! Very nice Paul!

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by eagle43 on Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:48 pm

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Very nice!

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