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Apr 8, 2015 10:53:00 #
Here is a picture I captured last May of a great egret checking its wing. I would caption it Pre-flight Check but that name was used in a winning picture at the 2014 VPPA convention. It was a picture of a Great Blue Heron in the same configuration. I have posted two images first as shot second one with some edits in both PSE and Lightroom 4.
Thanks for looking
Thanks for looking
Apr 8, 2015 11:10:58 #
The cropped version is very poor quality and unusable for any purpose in my view.
The first shot is ok but because the egret is so small and far away the image is more of a scenic than a bird or wildlife photo.
The first shot is ok but because the egret is so small and far away the image is more of a scenic than a bird or wildlife photo.
Apr 8, 2015 11:11:03 #
Way too much noise due to high ISO (1600) Considering you are shooting at 1/2000s you have a wide margin to reduce ISO value. 400 would give you a speed of 1/500 and eliminate most if not all of the noise.
There is a difference of ISO between the two 1250 in the first and 1600 in the other...
There is a difference of ISO between the two 1250 in the first and 1600 in the other...
Apr 8, 2015 11:27:05 #
2 Dog Don wrote:
Here is a picture I captured last May of a great egret checking its wing. I would caption it Pre-flight Check but that name was used in a winning picture at the 2014 VPPA convention. It was a picture of a Great Blue Heron in the same configuration. I have posted two images first as shot second one with some edits in both PSE and Lightroom 4.
Thanks for looking
Thanks for looking
Moderate cropping should produce a nice image.
Apr 8, 2015 13:14:53 #
I think the egret is blown out on the upper edge of the wing and the breast/chest & neck, especially in the cropped version. Seems to have lost a lot of detail. Noise has already been addressed by others.
Tom
Tom
Apr 8, 2015 13:21:05 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Moderate cropping should produce a nice image.
Agreed. Perhaps with a smidgeon of post processing for color and sharpness.
Apr 8, 2015 14:24:23 #
Thanks to all. I can't imagine why the ISO is so high in this picture I must have focused on the bird. I looked at other pictures I shot in the series and the ISO was 400. Live and learn.
Apr 8, 2015 14:26:51 #
2 Dog Don wrote:
Thanks to all. I can't imagine why the ISO is so high in this picture I must have focused on the bird. I looked at other pictures I shot in the series and the ISO was 400. Live and learn.
Was it on Auto ISO? If so, you can set the upper limit.
Apr 9, 2015 09:01:09 #
there seems to be a line on the trees with the first picture I would clone that out so it looks more natural.
on picture #2 shooting a white bird you have to watch the exposure. there is no detail in the bird and you cannot see the eye. The position you captured is great but you need more detail its to blown out
on picture #2 shooting a white bird you have to watch the exposure. there is no detail in the bird and you cannot see the eye. The position you captured is great but you need more detail its to blown out
Apr 9, 2015 11:16:27 #
LennyP4868 wrote:
there seems to be a line on the trees with the first picture I would clone that out so it looks more natural.
on picture #2 shooting a white bird you have to watch the exposure. there is no detail in the bird and you cannot see the eye. The position you captured is great but you need more detail its to blown out
on picture #2 shooting a white bird you have to watch the exposure. there is no detail in the bird and you cannot see the eye. The position you captured is great but you need more detail its to blown out
That line magically appeared it is not in my stored image. I agree with your comments re the exposure I recently went to a lecture that discussed this very topic and the recommendation from a professional bird photographer was to bracket the exposure for white birds. Sometimes when a shot makes itself known you just have to point and shoot birds do not wait for you to set up the camera.
Apr 9, 2015 13:05:20 #
set up your camera to bracket the shot so you take 3 at a time one right on one under and one over a stop then just do what you did in that picture white birds reflect light so you have to be under exposed for the bird. But the position you caught is really nice and different. Set it up to bracket when you shoot
Apr 9, 2015 15:21:34 #
TUVM This one of my 3 favorite birds, Bald Eagle, Great Blue Heron, and Snowy Egret. I am lucky to be able to find them all close to my home.
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