Backlit Woodpecker and Starling
Feb 6, 2013 15:27:10 #
The woodpecker visited nextdoors feeder but the light was rather awkward - made it hard to get shots with a nice eye highlight. These are the best of them.
Greater Spotted
The Intruder
Feb 6, 2013 16:40:47 #
Feb 6, 2013 19:44:49 #
magnetoman wrote:
The woodpecker visited nextdoors feeder but the light was rather awkward - made it hard to get shots with a nice eye highlight. These are the best of them.
The shots of the woodpeckers came out sharp.
Feb 7, 2013 06:05:42 #
Feb 7, 2013 06:06:33 #
Feb 7, 2013 06:16:31 #
magnetoman wrote:
The woodpecker visited nextdoors feeder but the light was rather awkward - made it hard to get shots with a nice eye highlight. These are the best of them.
Beautiful backlighting, just like side lighting always the preferred options. With regard to the catch-lights in the eyes, perhaps you might try
firing off a small flash, even the inbuilt flash can help in this regard. Distance is of course the enemy of flash, it dies quickly over distance.
The old inverse square Law.
Or you could get a little sneaky and experiment with deleting a few pixels in the appropriate spot to get a similar effect.
I hope you don't mind my posting an example.
Feb 7, 2013 06:33:39 #
Feb 7, 2013 07:27:06 #
That was just using the Eraser in Photoshop. Set to erase two pixels at each click.. 30 second task.
Feb 7, 2013 09:05:02 #
Feb 7, 2013 10:03:54 #
That makes all the difference Kinopless, just what's needed - thanks for taking the time. No flash on the camera and 400 mm lens, so probably a bit far off for a flash (haven't actually bought one yet either!) - should also mention it was taken through the rain-spattered double glazing of our kitchen window.
Kinopless wrote:
quote=magnetoman The woodpecker visited nextdoors... (show quote)
Feb 7, 2013 16:38:48 #
I was amazed to hear that it was taken through two layers of quite thick glass, and wet glass at that. Who makes your Windows, Leitz?
:D
:D
Feb 7, 2013 16:54:43 #
Not actually wet, just watermarked.[quote=Kinopless]I was amazed to hear that it was taken through two layers of quite thick glass, and wet glass at that. Who makes your Windows, Leitz?
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