Diving Cardinal

Posted by Dave S. Park on Sat Jan 29, 2005 7:27 pm

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A bit of shadow/highlight recovery. Swan dive?

Nikon D70, 70-200mm VR @ 340mm f/5.6 1/640s AP

edit: +1ev (forgot that tidbit)

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by Vince Thomas on Sat Jan 29, 2005 7:50 pm

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Terrific action shot Dave. I'd like to see a little of the right side and clone out the OOF stuff on the lower right to increase the focus of attention on the Cardinal. These are suggestions not nits... I like the image very much.

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by Dave S. Park on Sat Jan 29, 2005 7:57 pm

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Vince Thomas wrote:Terrific action shot Dave. I'd like to see a little of the right side and clone out the OOF stuff on the lower right to increase the focus of attention on the Cardinal. These are suggestions not nits... I like the image very much.

Thank you, Vince. I'm wondering about the color - if I should tone down the red? I agree about the oof area!

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by Mike Wilson on Sat Jan 29, 2005 8:57 pm

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How cool is this. A swan dive with eye contact. Very cool. If this is cropped, a vertical might work better. The reds look fine.

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by E.J. Peiker on Sat Jan 29, 2005 9:06 pm

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Absolutely amazing that the head is in focus here with the bird so far off center.

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by Dan Wolin on Sat Jan 29, 2005 9:21 pm

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Sweet shot. I have never seen a view like this. Great capture. I agree about the oof areas as well but I would be happy with this one.

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by judylynn on Sat Jan 29, 2005 10:03 pm

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Wow! You sure captured the moment. Great action shot.

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by Cindy Marple on Sat Jan 29, 2005 10:08 pm

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Great action capture. I'd crop this to a square format to lose the bright area on the right that doesn't add IMHO.

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by Sidamo on Sat Jan 29, 2005 10:46 pm

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Very nice capture of fast action, Dave. The in focus face and blurred wings is great. Well done!

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by Hendrix on Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:07 pm

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great timing.

did you pre- focus , Dave ?

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by Dave S. Park on Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:21 pm

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Thank you for the feedback everyone. I spent a little more time on the crop/clone/dodge tool. Here is the update:

http://s93536388.onlinehome.us/cardinal2.jpg

The birds would swoop down for the seeds then perch for a bit. I was fortunate to catch him while I was shooting in continuous mode and the AF happened to catch him in this split moment. I don't know who was more surprised at the result; me or the camera?

Thanks again.

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by KK Hui on Sun Jan 30, 2005 12:36 am

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Excellent timing and red looks good, Dave! :roll:

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by Juli Wilcox on Sun Jan 30, 2005 1:36 am

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I think if this were mine, I'd make it part of a winter postcard set and print a message on the right. It's very cool.

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by Kim Steininger on Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:27 am

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Wow, how cool is that?! What a great catch Dave!

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by Michael Dossett on Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:31 pm

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Dave, my one nit was going to be the empty space on the right side. It just made the composition feel a bit imbalanced. You took care of that in the updated version. And absolutely amazing shot! Great work

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by Dave S. Park on Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:45 am

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Mike, thank you for following up with me.. and recommendations. I am very pleased with the results!

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