One of my better Sandhill Crane shots

Posted by Larsen on Sun Dec 21, 2003 9:46 am

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One of many Sandhill Crane shots I came home with from Bosque del Apache. It was my first time there - I'm addicted tot he place now!
P-100 film at 100.

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by Bill Whala on Sun Dec 21, 2003 9:59 am

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Very nice shot of this SHC. I love the colors, wing position, and size in the frame. I'm seeing a little graininess in the blue, which is typical for Provia.
Try selecting the bird, do an Inverse Select and Filter > Blur > Gausian Blur @ 1pixel. That should smooth out the blue sky without softening the bird.

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by Jim Neely on Sun Dec 21, 2003 11:43 am

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Peter, noise and all, this is a good looking image. I like the darker sky.

I'm addicted, too. I'm plotting a week there next year.

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by Larsen on Sun Dec 21, 2003 12:54 pm

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Bill, thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try when I'm home.

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by Cliff Beittel on Sun Dec 21, 2003 1:05 pm

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Peter,

A good photo, but there is serious vignetting on the left and right sides. I used to get the same thing with my 800 f5.6L, especially using extension tubes. More recent lenses tend to go dark only in the corners when shot wide open with teleconverters. Assusming this isn't the result of a homemade lens hood or something like that, you can probably avoid it by stopping down one stop, i.e., shooting at f8 instead of 5.6, etc. If you don't have enough shutter speed to do so, you can easily push Provia to 200 with excellent results.

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by Jim Urbach on Sun Dec 21, 2003 4:33 pm

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The light is beautiful. Great upbeat on the wings.

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by Robert Kemmerlin on Sun Dec 21, 2003 4:58 pm

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I like the light, the crane is perfectly lighted IMO. Nicely executed.

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by OriolesFan on Sun Dec 21, 2003 5:13 pm

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It's a nice capture of the bird in flight but I'd like to see a bit more space behind his feet. They're almost touching the edge of the frame and I find that a bit distracting.

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by Larsen on Sun Dec 21, 2003 7:11 pm

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Cliff, Thanks for the comments on closing-down a stop. I'm guilty of laziness sometimes when I've got a roll of film already started and know I should be using another ISO. To be honest, me with my tunnel vision didn't even notice the vignetting - I was too focused on the bird!

Thanks to the others for your comments too.

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by Greg Downing on Sun Dec 21, 2003 8:55 pm

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Peter, this is a nice classic shot! Good comp and wing position. I'm surprised at the vignetting at wide open. I used to have a 400/2.8 and only got vignetting with the old 2x wide open. What was the set-up?

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by Larsen on Sun Dec 21, 2003 10:55 pm

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Greg, it was the 400 2.8 w/2x series II wide open. Nothing brings out vignetting like a nice blue sky! I don't think the darker blue along the bottom of the frame is a result of vignetting - I'm not sure what it was, darker terrain just barely in the frame perhaps. But the corners ....

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by Alan Murphy on Mon Dec 22, 2003 12:14 am

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Nice shot, just a little tight on the left by the feet.

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by LHays on Mon Dec 22, 2003 8:29 am

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A very nice classic crane shot....with nits covered. I know what you mean about being addicted to Bosque. Next year....more time spent there when there are fewer people is my plan.

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