alberto's miami tour VULCHERS/HORSES

At this location a duck was kill by a car, and five hungry Vulchers,

within minutes clean it all up! Thank you for looking.

Rates/Comments highly appreciated.

Hi Jorge,

I like this colorful scene with the Vulture seen in the sky.

It appears as if the day was clear, but using ISO 800 for a 94 mm lens set to F/4 seems a bit much. However, the technical setting of the lens is very good.

For myself, the image appeared to be a bit lower in contrast . This could be due to the higher ISO or the White balance setting used at the time . I adjusted the levels a small amount to improve the richness in the color.

Best Regards my friend, Mike

Thank you for your help, it is great improvement. Warm regards.

Hi Jorge,

I was attracted to your original posting. This is one of many "takes" that many people could offer.

I would like to know a few things:

1] Did you take this image through a car window ?

2] Was the Sun's location close to the direction that your lens was pointed ?

3] Did you use a filter over your zoom lens ?

These are other factors that could have effected the lower contrast aspect that I saw here.

If you did process this image, any HDR adjustment or stretching the wrong portion of the Histogram can result in what I see, too.

You did use a lot of exposure bias, too. I do not ever use any bias settings for any of my cameras including the Canon 5D.

Best Regards my friend, Mike

The answers are yes, yes, no, I am thanking you for making me aware of the many conditions that contributes to the image quality.

Hi Jorge,

Thank you for the answers to my question my friend.

1] Car windows can present many issues that reduce the results obtained. If I am in storm and I need a shot,  I will consider shooting through a car window. I press the front of the lens up against the window to minimize some of the negative effects that can follow.

2] The Sun light can effectively scatter off the front surface of a lens. It can also refract into the interior of the lens and create other issues that off manifest themselves as lower contrast or strange internal reflections. The use of a lens hood or flexible rubber rubber lens hood works well to minimize the above issues. When shooting through glass, placing the rubber or fixed lens hood against the glass seals out unwanted light , too.

3] I am pleased that you did not use a filter. Many times, filters introduce aberrations that can make the difference between a good image and a fair image at best. 

Best Regards, Mike

 

Hello Jorge, I like the idea and POV. Mike has already cleared up the point on contrast so I won't belabor the point. What a beautiful and colorful street with a BG sky that is as blue as it gets. Take care.

BR,

Holger