Harlequin Headshot

Posted by E.J. Peiker on Mon Jan 12, 2004 3:29 pm

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Mon Jan 12, 2004 3:29 pm

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EJ,

Nice shot. I like the pose with the outstretched neck.

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by Alan Murphy on Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:20 pm

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Fantastic handeling of the exposure. Great stuff.

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by mhp767 on Mon Jan 12, 2004 5:10 pm

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Looks pretty close- Would I be able to work these guys with a 400 and a film body and get good shots? Excellent shot.
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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Jan 12, 2004 6:09 pm

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mhp767 wrote:Looks pretty close- Would I be able to work these guys with a 400 and a film body and get good shots?

They are extremely tough especially in the swells and it took 3 days to get this close one single time. Most of the time a 600 with a 1.4x and the 1.6x digital factor was barely enough.

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by George of the north on Mon Jan 12, 2004 9:00 pm

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A lovely bird that I would kill to photograph! Maybe it is my monitor, but I think it is underexposed. I think it would look better with a bit more light on it. Unfortunately, the whites will be really bright , but I think with birds like this, that it is acceptable, otherwise the majority of the image is just too dark.
Some day maybe we'll have a medium that can record ten stops of light!!
Beautiful bird and it sounds like you really had some tough conditions!

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by LHays on Mon Jan 12, 2004 9:17 pm

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EJ
Now that's what I call a real portrait. Awesome!!!

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by Jim Urbach on Mon Jan 12, 2004 10:06 pm

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Superb EJ,

This made the trip worthwhile. It's hard to imagine how close in he must have been to get this image.

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by Dennis Olivero on Mon Jan 12, 2004 10:58 pm

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This is awesome EJ, worth the cold IMHO... WOW!

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Jan 13, 2004 12:31 am

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George of the north wrote:A lovely bird that I would kill to photograph! Maybe it is my monitor, but I think it is underexposed.

Not underexposed at all - just prepared on a poor laptop screen as mentioned in the description of the photo. If its way too dark then I think your monitor is not calibrated properly for contrast and brightness as i am now viewing it on a calibrated reference monitor and while its dark, nothing is blocked up.

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by Jill on Tue Jan 13, 2004 12:31 am