Mourning dove and approacing storm.

Posted by zoomn on Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:59 am

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by Carol Clarke on Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:18 am

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I would like to see this a touch sharper, but I love the pose, colour tones and mood of this image!

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by Christopher Dodds on Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:33 am

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Would have liked to see a little more DOF and the techs. Nice mood shot.

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by zoomn on Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:52 am

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Thanks for taking a look.
I shot this at f8 at 500mm iso 500 and focused on the head. I used the flash but it was not strong enough to light the subject at this distance.
So the body and tail are progessively out of focus.
Wasn't the brightest day and getting darker by the minute.
Agree the setting is the strongest point for this photo, glad you liked it.

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by Haim Ziv on Wed Jan 19, 2005 3:17 pm

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Very nice bird. Little soft on my monitor.

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by Chris Kayler on Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:40 pm

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Nice and moody shot. Very nice.

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by Alan Murphy on Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:45 pm

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Wishing for a headturn. Nice feel to this image.

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by zoomn on Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:08 pm

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Appreciate you folks taking the time to comment.
Glad you like the shot.
I have some shots with a head turn but they lose the light on the face.
My flash was not strong enough to provide necessary light, dang I can see another dip into the money pit coming.

He was sitting at the edge of a dropoff so I could not get a better angle.

Appreciate the critiques, this is all good stuff.

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by bobbyz on Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:08 pm

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Zoomn, you should look into BB.

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by Mike Wilson on Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:25 pm

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A little soft but I do like the gloomy mood and the birds calm pose. Were you shooting through a window?

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by KK Hui on Wed Jan 19, 2005 7:27 pm

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Would appreciate giving some tech/shooting data ...

The image looks soft as already been commented!

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by zoomn on Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:30 pm

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Ok the head is sharp and the body is soft. As I said before I focused on the head.
Was I shooting through a window? Where does that come from?
As I said earlier this was shot at 500mm at f8 so the depth of field is quite shallow.
Iso 500. Used fill flash but didn't have much effect.

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by Mike Wilson on Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:22 pm

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I guess I should have clarified as to why I asked. I'm thought I was seeing some OOF water drops on the left side below the branch but after looking again I guess it's just some clone marks.

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