{"id":14461,"date":"2013-04-29T09:08:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T13:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=14461"},"modified":"2013-04-29T09:08:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T13:08:22","slug":"elegant-sexy-cousin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2013\/04\/29\/elegant-sexy-cousin\/","title":{"rendered":"Elegant, Sexy Cousin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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This copulating pair of Black-headed Gulls was photographed at Texel, Holland with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 600mm f\/4L IS II USM lens<\/a>, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter)<\/a>, and the Canon EOS-1D X Digital SLR camera<\/a>. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +2\/3 stop as framed: 1\/500 sec. at f\/10 in Manual mode. I should have been at zero as I needed to do some fancy stepping during image optimization to save the WHITEs. Learn how in Digital Basics<\/a>, an instructional PDF that is sent via e-mail. It includes my complete digital workflow, dozens of great Photoshop tips, all of my time-saving Keyboard Shortcuts, and Quick Masking and Layer Masking basics as well as detailed info on recovering and restoring detail to bright WHITEs. <\/p>\n

Central sensor (by necessity) Expand\/AI Servo\/Rear Focus on male’s neck active at the moment of exposure. Click here<\/a> if you missed the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n