Black-bellied Plover Portrait


Posted by Terence P. Brashear on Sat Oct 01, 2005 7:03 pm

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This is a closeup of the bird Steve Roman posted previously. It was a very pale bird and not as
dark as the repost that Chris Fagyal had posted. Despite the lack of birds we made the best of it. I was
not paying attention to my f-stop like I should have so some of the detail on the back of the
head and breast is not there, but thankfully the beak and eye are sharp.

Canon 20D, Canon 600m f/4, 1/500 @ f/5, ISO 400, FF -1 1/3.

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by KK Hui on Sat Oct 01, 2005 7:12 pm
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Very nice head shot, Terry!
Sharp where it counts ... but bit more dof won't hurt in this case. :wink:
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by Chris Fagyal on Sat Oct 01, 2005 7:34 pm
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This is a great closeup Terry. You already mentioned DOF, so I won't bother. My repost ended up looking darker than I intended. I only was trying to play with the background that looked "tinged" to me. Definitely is a stunning looking bird.
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by Ofer Levy on Sat Oct 01, 2005 8:36 pm
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For some reason I don't get the picture - only the red X... :cry:
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by Juan E. Bahamon on Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:37 pm
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Terry:

I love the monochromatic flavor.
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by alibenn on Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:41 pm
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That is an in your face BbPlover....very nice indeed, I have no complaint about the DOF, I like it as is..
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by Michael Dossett on Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:39 pm
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Terry, I love this intimate portrait. I agree that more DOF would be ideal but sometimes thats just how it happens. I've been there. One thing you might try is changing the radius on your USM settings. I see sharpening in some fine details but I feel you might get more from the coarser details with a wider radius for a round or two. I recently found this really helped a couple of gull portraits of mine. Just something that might be worth a try. Otherwise I think this is absolutely wonderful!
 

by Christina Evans on Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:37 pm
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Absolutely beautiful.
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by john on Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:05 am
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Very nice portrait!
 

by mrhughj on Sun Oct 02, 2005 4:23 am
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A very engaging portrait, Terry.

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by Larry Kaufman on Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:28 am
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Sharp where it counts Terry. This is wonderfully intimate monochromatic portrait. The slight graduated BG that darkens as it rises, in line with the Plover's plumage is killer. Well Done!

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by Steve Roman on Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:34 am
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Very nice portrait Terry, Like the matching background.
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by Steve Cirone on Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:17 am
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Very interesting that you have presented something so small so large. A triumph. Bravo!
 
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by Colin Inman on Sun Oct 02, 2005 1:03 pm
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This is a great portrait as is Terry, sharp where it needs to be & a fantastic smooth bg.
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by Miguel Lasa on Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:21 pm
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a beautiful portrait of a handsome bird Terry
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by Mike Wilson on Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:10 pm
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DOF issues aside, this is one killer portrait! Insane to get this close to a BBPL!!!!
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by matt kuchta on Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:22 pm
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Nice portrait, Terry. I like the monochromatic feeling here - one thing the weather didn't get in the way of. :)

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by Mike Danzenbaker on Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:33 pm
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Great shot, Terry.

I agree with what Michael Dossett said. Perhaps start off with a round or two of wide-radius sharpening, then one or two more with narrower radius. That's kind of my SOP.
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