American Coot - with Repost

Posted by Wayne Nicholas on Tue Feb 03, 2004 10:28 pm

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I have finally been able to capture a nice Coot image without blowing out the bill. And in the middle of the day, no doubt. I got this while shooting with Alan Murphy the other day at my favorite duck spot. I got the angle as low as I could from where we were shooting. Small crop from left and bottom; about 20%. Mild sharpening done in PS. All comments welcome and thanks for looking.

Canon 1D & 500mm IS w/1.4X TC on Wimberley Head
Metering: Incident -2/3 for 1/1000 @ f/6.3
ISO: 200
550 EX Flash comp: -2

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by Sandy Mossberg on Tue Feb 03, 2004 11:03 pm

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Rough exposure, Wayne, but you did it well.

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by Alan Murphy on Tue Feb 03, 2004 11:14 pm

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This came out great Wayne. Better than anything I got of this guy. love the comp and the richness of the color. Maybe a wee bit on the blue side.

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by Wayne Nicholas on Tue Feb 03, 2004 11:38 pm

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Thanks for heads up, Alan. It was a little blue here, too. I subtracted 4 points of blue in 'Color Balance'. One day I have to profile this monitor. How's this?

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by LHays on Wed Feb 04, 2004 5:30 am

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The repost is better although I really didn't notice the color that much. Excellent coot.....I've had my share of problems getting them right. You certainly got it right with this one.

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by Carol Clarke on Wed Feb 04, 2004 5:43 am

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Nice shot Wayne! The colour looks OK on my monitor (Spider calibrated)

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by Jim Neely on Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:13 am

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Well done. These guys are tough to et without blowing out the bills.

The detail in the dark areas is outstanding.

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by Harvey Edelman on Wed Feb 04, 2004 8:21 am

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The repost is the good one

. The first as pointed out was a bit over on the blue.

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by Cliff Beittel on Wed Feb 04, 2004 8:36 am

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Good job in midday light. The repost is much more to my taste, though the first may be more accurate (midday light is blue).

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by Bill Whala on Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:19 am

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Excellent exposure. I like how the red eye jumps out at you.

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by AlexC on Wed Feb 04, 2004 2:12 pm

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I agree, very nice in spite of the exposure range and harsh light!!
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by Marc Oliver on Wed Feb 04, 2004 4:51 pm

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The repost looks great!

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by christoforos on Thu Feb 05, 2004 3:37 am

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Very nice work on the exposure.
A really nice shot!
I didn't notice the blue on the first post either.

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by Wayne Nicholas on Thu Feb 05, 2004 1:17 pm

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Cliff Beittel wrote:Good job in midday light. The repost is much more to my taste, though the first may be more accurate (midday light is blue).

Cliff hit the nail on the head about the noon sun. I am learning that midday light is so much cooler than morning or late afternoon. The blue is very subtle in the first post and is more easily seen in the lighter gray area on the Coot's back.

But as Cliff stated, the blue cast is probably more representative of what the light was like. Thanks for the input, Cliff.

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