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Isaac Grant said:Here is a shot that has taken me a while to get. Coots are so hard to get the exposure correct on. As far as composition goes it is just your basic coot on the water, but I think the great colors reflecting off of the foliage and on the the water makes up for the boringness of the pic a bit. As to exposure I really struggle with these birds. These birds are not just dark blobs but have beautiful plumage. To get that right and not blow out the whites is not easy for me. Canon 7d2 and Sigma 150-600 C
388mm, ISO 400, F8, SS 1/1000, -2/3rds. Processed only in DPP 3.
American Coot by Isaac Grant, on Flickr
Challenging indeed but very nice. Bald eagles are a similar problem.
Jack
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Stewart K said:LOL, that's an interesting idea Jack!Jack Douglas said:My nephew (in Australia) and I used to go out with our SLRs here in Canada in the 70's. Now he's a permanent Australian resident I send my photos and have been trying to get him to invest a little in a DSLR - no luck. I'm having trouble fathoming that. Still, I keep trying.
Stewart K, I and no doubt others enjoy a little chit chat especially when it gives context to the photographs. Thanks.
I want to thank all the kind folk that make CR a friendly place, for their contributions AND I want to nominate Click as CR member of the year!
Jack
I even love the heated debates on CR, it's kinda like following Formula 1 post season politics for me, I love it! Plus it shows peoples passion on the subject, it is abundantly clear that there is a very passionate bunch on here!!
What other categories could we come up with?
Best Image for the year?
Best contributor?
Worst nightmare ;D
There is the odd time it gets just a touch nasty for me but that's mainly because some participants like to dish it out but can't take it in return. I read CR for the humour - yes I have a weird sense of humour I know!
Jack
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This is really the type of shot that people go into Lightroom or Photoshop and do some selective highlight reduction But I try my best not to do that type of thing. I know that it is silly but would prefer to nail things in the field.Jack Douglas said:Isaac Grant said:Here is a shot that has taken me a while to get. Coots are so hard to get the exposure correct on. As far as composition goes it is just your basic coot on the water, but I think the great colors reflecting off of the foliage and on the the water makes up for the boringness of the pic a bit. As to exposure I really struggle with these birds. These birds are not just dark blobs but have beautiful plumage. To get that right and not blow out the whites is not easy for me. Canon 7d2 and Sigma 150-600 C
388mm, ISO 400, F8, SS 1/1000, -2/3rds. Processed only in DPP 3.
Challenging indeed but very nice. Bald eagles are a similar problem.
Jack
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Isaac Grant said:sedwards said:I am on vacation in Florida . The variety of birds here is incredible.
Here are a few shots from today
Sanderling
Sanderling by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr
This bird is a winter plumaged Black-belled Plover and not a Sanderling. And nice pic. In New York they are always very wary and rarely allow close approach. Florida is a different story...
Thanks for correcting me Isac ! I wasnt sure between the plover and sanderling .
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This is the most cooperative and reliable Black-headed Gull that we have had in New York City in decades or maybe ever. They are rare here with only a handful of records per year in the state. Most records is a bird mixed in with a huge flock of Bonaparte's Gulls out at the beach. But this bird has taken up residence with the lazy local flock of Ring-billed Gulls at the Prospect Park Lake. Canon 7d2 and Sigma 150-600 C.
600mm, F8, ISO 400, SS 1/2000
Black-headed Gull by Isaac Grant, on Flickr
600mm, F8, ISO 400, SS 1/2000
Black-headed Gull by Isaac Grant, on Flickr
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I am sorting out old photos of a birdwatching trip to the Pantanal in Brazil in 2012. I bought a used 100-400mm to go with my old 7D. The birds were fantastic but the lens in conjunction with the 7D very disappointing (subsequently, it was far better on the 5DIII). The photos are OK for a printed photobook. The only good ones were where I could get close. The two best were of a collared hawk and a snail kite. The AF was good and I got a Harpy Eagle in flight.
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Alan, not bad at all except where more heavily cropped. Well worth having for remembrance even if they won't win any competition.
It kind of troubles me when we have to look back apologetically because of technical improvements in equipment as time passes. I think we should try to be accepting at all levels otherwise one could come to the conclusion that anything shot with film is/was garbage. We're so blessed with todays gear!
Jack
It kind of troubles me when we have to look back apologetically because of technical improvements in equipment as time passes. I think we should try to be accepting at all levels otherwise one could come to the conclusion that anything shot with film is/was garbage. We're so blessed with todays gear!
Jack
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