{"id":3370,"date":"2010-12-15T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=3370"},"modified":"2011-02-24T11:43:49","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T15:43:49","slug":"whats-wrong-with-these-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2010\/12\/15\/whats-wrong-with-these-images\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Wrong With These Images?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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“Early Morning Cattle Egret” was created this morning with the Canon 800mm f\/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1\/3 stop: 1\/1000 sec. at f\/10. My rig was supported by the BLUBB<\/a> (Big Lens Ultimate BeanBag; designed by yours truly). Double Bubble Level<\/a> in the hot shoe. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

What’s Wrong With These Images?<\/h2>\n

For me, the Cattle Egret above has one major flaw. Leave a comment and let me know what you think the biggest problem is. And let me know if there are any other issues that you would address while optimizing the image. The only thing that I did after converting the RAW file was to run a pretty hefty (40%) Linear Burn on the brightest whites. <\/p>\n

I will be back in two days to let you know what I saw as the single biggest problem and will post the optimized image at that time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“Sandhill Crane Dancing” was also created this morning, this one with the 70-200mm f\/4L IS lens (hand held at 200mm) with the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1\/3 stop: 1\/2000 sec. at f\/5. 45-Point AAFPS. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

No need to comment on the major problem with this one; I think that it might be fairly evident \ud83d\ude42 If you would like to bust me on some minor items, please do leave a comment. I posted this one to show how frustrating bird photography can be at times. Even though the wind was from the northwest (the bird should have been facing into the wind as it jumped up…), this one would have had a perfect head angle had I framed the image properly. You gotta love it! (Byron Katie<\/a>) <\/p>\n

Here is a list of the gear that I used to create the images above. <\/p>\n

Canon 70-200mm f\/4 l IS lens<\/a>
\nCanon 800mm f\/5.6L IS lens<\/a>
\nCanon EF Teleconverter 1.4X II<\/a>
\nCanon EOS-1D Mark IV professional digital camera body<\/a><\/p>\n

And from the BAA On-line Store:<\/p>\n

BLUBB<\/a> (Big Lens Ultimate BeanBag; designed by yours truly)
\n Double Bubble Level<\/a> <\/p>\n

If you are considering the purchase of a major piece of photographic gear be it a new camera, a long lens, a tripod or a head, or some accessories be sure to check out our complete Shopper’s Guide.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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“Early Morning Cattle Egret” was created this morning with the Canon 800mm f\/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1\/3 stop: 1\/1000 sec. at f\/10. My rig was supported by the BLUBB (Big Lens Ultimate BeanBag; designed by yours truly). Double Bubble Level in the hot shoe. <\/p>\n

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