Black Turnstone

Posted by Steve Metildi on Mon Dec 27, 2004 3:38 am

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(Thanks for viewing and comments--posted w/ less sharpening, easy to do with dark subject against lighter background)

Just your basic Black Turnstone today in some overcast lighting.

1D MK II, 300 f/2.8 w/ 1.4 TC, 1/500 sec, f/8, -2/3 exp comp, no flash

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by KK Hui on Mon Dec 27, 2004 6:32 am

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Love the soft light and exposure is on the mark too, Steve!
Perhaps a little over sharpened in this case ... :roll:

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by Steve Roman on Mon Dec 27, 2004 9:45 am

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Great composition, super head turn, very nice detail from head to feet, good whites, great light, attractive perch rock, good background, nice angle = NOT your basic Black Turnstone.

Sharpening is not bad if you just remove the halo under the beak.

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by jorgedelucca on Mon Dec 27, 2004 9:53 am

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Very nice pose and composition! It does appear a tad over sharpened, I see the halo around beak and slight one around body.

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by Rob Palmer on Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:01 am

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Very nice.

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by Mike Danzenbaker on Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:10 am

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Steve,

I'll disagree and say it doesn't look oversharpened to me (just because there's a halo visible (tiny in this case) doesn't mean it's oversharpened, it means that either the radius was set too high or more finely selective sharpening is in order).

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by Steve Metildi on Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:22 am

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Mike Danzenbaker wrote:Steve,

I'll disagree and say it doesn't look oversharpened to me (just because there's a halo visible (tiny in this case) doesn't mean it's oversharpened, it means that either the radius was set too high or more finely selective sharpening is in order).

Mike, thanks for viewing/commenting. I replaced the original that was slightly oversharpened and I think you only saw the repost. I've added the original back. It's easy to oversharpen at 12:30 AM.

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by Alan Murphy on Mon Dec 27, 2004 12:18 pm

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Steve, oversharpened or not, the top one pops IMO. Great shot.

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by Campbell on Mon Dec 27, 2004 12:47 pm

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I like the top one too. Looks great.

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by Steve Roman on Mon Dec 27, 2004 1:54 pm

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Mike Danzenbaker wrote:Steve,

I'll disagree and say it doesn't look oversharpened to me (just because there's a halo visible (tiny in this case) doesn't mean it's oversharpened, it means that either the radius was set too high or more finely selective sharpening is in order).

Mike , I never said it was oversharpened, I said the a sharpening was not bad and just to remove the halo under the beak.

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by Jim Urbach on Mon Dec 27, 2004 6:09 pm

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Steve, I prefer the top image. My only suggestion would be to clone out the distracting ocean wave in the BG in front of his chest.

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by Mike Wilson on Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:02 pm

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An excellent Turnstone image. I was shooting these guys yesterday too. Sure looks flashed to me.

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by KK Hui on Mon Dec 27, 2004 8:33 pm

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Thanks for the re-post, Steve!
It looks much better without the halo around it ...

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Dec 27, 2004 8:50 pm

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An excellent shot of one of my favorites.

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by Steve Metildi on Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:45 pm

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Mike Wilson wrote:An excellent Turnstone image. I was shooting these guys yesterday too. Sure looks flashed to me.

Mike, when I was working this image I thought for sure it was flashed at -2 1/3 or -2 2/3 but when I reviewed the EXIF data it says "Flash: Off" and the RAW file doesn't look flashed.

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