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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
My outcome was similar; although more economical. I rented a teleconverter for a weekend. Shot birds with/without. Returned it and haven't looked back. There is no free lunch. |
Jun 8th |
| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
I suspect a hallucinogen would enhance one's viewing experience. A bit abstract for me - but the filters are cool! |
Jun 8th |
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| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
You raise a good point re: overlapping to show how close the planes were to one another! |
Jun 6th |
| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
Nice image of a parent protecting his/her offspring . . . they must have been pretty far if you struggled with your 500mm lens. Unfortunately the diagonal branch going directly across the body of one of the chicks detracts from the image. The time/effort required to remove it would not be worthwhile. If only these critters would pose for us . . .
One other idea - the image feels pretty monochrome. I wonder if a monochrome edit would work? |
Jun 5th |
| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
Nice image on a beautiful day! The light was great and sky clear. The lens you were using is great for such scenes.
Regarding focus - most of the time for images like this you need to rely on the camera's autofocus. The action is too fast for you to manually focus. The infinity mark on the lens is not accurate (and most of the time you can turn further than infinity). If you want to try manual focus - I'd suggest manually focusing on some other object at a similar distance away - then leave focus set and just shoot. High speed continuous would give you best chance of capturing a good image. Your ISO, shutter speed and f-stop were perfect. Trying to avoid the planes overlapping (easier said than done!) would improve the composition.
Try to catch another air show this Summer . . . practice makes perfect! |
Jun 5th |
| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
Why is photographing birds in flight so difficult and highly addictive?
Great action shot. I like the way you captured the action; esp the upper eagle clearly poised for battle. Unfortunately the lower bird is so contorted - that I had to stare at the image to understand its position. Background is nicely blurred (even at f 9.8). Few suggestions:
1) Were you shooting at high speed continuous? That's the setting that will give you the best chance of a "keeper" (and even then the yield is VERY low).
2) Was your camera using face/eye detect autofocus? Perhaps the birds were so small in the frame that the system had trouble. The 622mm focal length is with the 1.4 teleconverter. One suggestion might be to shoot without it; your lens went to 600mm without a teleconverter; the teleconverter impairs autofocus speed/quality and overall sharpness. I realize you may have expected action much further out.
3) Regarding Chan's last comment - I think it's important to have the face/eye in sharp focus. Some blur in wings would be OK to convey motion. The shutter speed you used (or faster) is appropriate for fast moving eagles/long lens.
Kudos to you for getting out an photographing these amazing raptors! It is addictive.
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Jun 5th |
| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
I've never traveled to the Middle East . . . your images make me want to go! I like the way you warmed the photo - and highlighted few items - esp the large cross. So many different/colorful items for sale - I'm sure there was order in the apparent chaos . . . shopkeeper is smiling/relaxed (just another day in the "office").
As you suggest - the fact that the shopkeeper is looking away from the camera (actually out of the frame) - detracts from the image. It creates some tension making the viewer wonder what he's looking at. I appreciate that there was no opportunity get his attention prior to taking the picture.
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Jun 5th |
| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
I love this image - one of your best!
It has that soft/intimate/cherubic feel; perfect for the subject. I see no reason to include the eyeball (we know it's there!) - better to let the viewers' imagination fill it in. Nicely framed/composed. The out of focus parts are perfect. Her slightly ruddy cheek - and the red splash (collar?) add interest without distracting.
Well done. |
Jun 5th |
| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Chan - I appreciate your comments! You are right - I should have either gotten closer to the tree - or zoomed in - to fill the frame with the subject of interest. No idea why I shot it like this. I went back to the original files; the full frame was 26 MP; the final crop only 5. A good reminder for the future. Finding the right composition in camera is challenging; I tend to shoot too close - later regretting that I didn't have more of the scene to work with. In this case - I was definitely too far back. |
Jun 5th |
5 comments - 4 replies for Group 87
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