Motif: Applying What I've Learned from NSN

Posted by Parrothead Pete on Sat Dec 25, 2004 11:38 pm

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I've learned a lot since joining NSN, and I owe it to my chance encounter with Alfred at Anhinga last spring. What I've learned since then is: 1) digital is the way to go with avian subjects; 2) get down low to eye level, even if you get eaten alive by chiggers; 3) use more DOF when ya find a friendly subject who lets you get in close; 4) do your sharpening post Raw conversion; 5) watch your histogram for spikes showing blown out highlights...6) Pay attention to background; and those are just some examples ...

Crandon's own Superstar..."Pancho"....the only duck with a paparazzi following...

EOS 20D w/Canon 70-200 2.8L USM IS w/1.4x TC w/580Ex
Shutter speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: 8.0
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -2/3
Flash: External E-TTL
Flash exposure compensation: -2/3
Metering mode: Evaluative
ISO: 200

Converted using Adobe Raw 2.4; full frame; processed in photoshop cs.

Hope y'all had a great Xmas....

"There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth; remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them..." - Marjory Stoneman Douglas

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by photosbyvito on Sun Dec 26, 2004 12:20 am

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beautiful shot pete!
i love the pose of it's head...and that eye is gorgeous

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by Juan E. Bahamon on Sun Dec 26, 2004 12:47 am

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Pete:

Nice portrait, my only minor nit is being a little too tight on the left. Me too have learned a lot from NSN.

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by Lisa Gimber on Sun Dec 26, 2004 12:58 am

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Gorgeous!

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by AForns on Sun Dec 26, 2004 6:40 am

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Thanks Mike and I'm the one that owes you for being a part of the NSN family

I like the way you showed more of his beautiful feathers in the portrait !!! Do agree with a bit more room up front !!

...... I am sure your dream would be to have Pancho perched on the Parrothead tree :roll: :roll: :roll:

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by Fabs Forns on Sun Dec 26, 2004 6:48 am

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WOW PP, I'm jealous!!!!

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by KK Hui on Sun Dec 26, 2004 7:33 am

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A very good head shot despite a little tight for my taste, Mike! :roll:

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by Mike Wilson on Sun Dec 26, 2004 5:16 pm

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You've come along way Mike. Your technique is getting better all the time. A little more DOF would help get the body feathers in focus and probably only if you crank the ISO to 400. Keep up the good work.

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by Jerry Merrell on Sun Dec 26, 2004 6:37 pm

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Any time you get this kind of detail out of portrait of Pancho, you have to be doing many things right. I would agree with having a little more room in front. Very nice shot, Mike.

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by jorgedelucca on Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:13 am