Marvin 4 Posted July 21, 2012 This an interesting shot - for me. It has been difficult to get the focus right when the flying bird has a busy background. Comments?? Link to comment
chrisruhl 0 Posted July 21, 2012 I like this shot - flying birds are a bit tricky to capture. The lighting on the feathers seems a bit over exposed. But otherwise nice shot :)-chris Link to comment
dzaebst 0 Posted July 21, 2012 Hello Marvin, Very nice composition. Good wing position. This is overall a very nice image. I am very familiar with the problem of background objects affecting the exposure on flight shots; i.e. I have more than a few out of focus BIF. I assume you have AI focus tracking sensitivity set to slow, such that focus tends to stay on the bird and not intervening or background objects? C.Fn III/1, AI Servo tracking sensitivity, should be set to Slow. This keeps the camera from jumping quickly to the background if the sensor falls off the subject momentarily. I agree that the bird is a bit too light, by maybe half a stop. The dark feathers are too light, and the whites around the head look hot. This is easily addressed in post. Background looks a bit noisy too. I would assume this was a substantial crop? The 7D has quite low noise at ISOs at or below 800. Noise should also be easily addressed in post. I think both would be somewhat addressed by darkening the image by 1/2 to 2/3 EV, but you should use the noise-control (smart sharpen) capability of Photoshop. I see you use Photoshop CS3 - I suggest a quick-mask of the bird, and apply no sharpening and stronger noise control to the background, and sharpening and less noise control to the bird. On the details page, I don't see information other than the fact that a 7D and an EF 100-400 IS L lens was used. If more information (such as ISO, aperture, shutter speed etc.) were included, more suggestions could be offered for flight photography. Despite these nitpicks, a very nice job. I hope these tips are helpful to you in your flight photography. Overall though, well done! Best regards,Dennis Link to comment
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