{"id":6675,"date":"2011-09-02T11:00:41","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=6675"},"modified":"2011-09-02T17:26:23","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T21:26:23","slug":"silhouette-choice-and-lesson-i-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2011\/09\/02\/silhouette-choice-and-lesson-i-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Silhouette Choice (and Lesson) I"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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I created this image before dawn yesterday at Nickerson Beach while standing behind my tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f\/5.6L IS lens<\/a> with the 1.4X III TC<\/a> and the EOS-1D Mark IV<\/a>. ISO 500. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1\/60 sec. at f\/9 in Av mode. <\/p>\n

Lens\/TC\/camera body Micro-adjustment<\/a>: 0.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Laughing Gull Sunrise Silhouette\/Version I. The optimized original image is above. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Silhouette Choice<\/h3>\n

Laughing Gull Sunrise Silhouette\/Version II. Here I cropped to a pano and cleaned up some of the lumpiness along the top of the image. Note: the lumpiness was likely caused by moving the sliders in the HSL–(Hue-Saturation-Luminance) panel excessively…<\/p>\n

Which version do you prefer, and why? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Silhouette Lesson<\/h3>\n

The image above is a JPEG the represents the properly exposed RAW file. The actual scene looked more like either of the first two images than it did the third image. I converted the image in ACR by pulling in the highlight and shadow sliders while holding down the ALT key as described in detail in Digital Basics. Once I brought the image into Photoshop I blackened the bird by holding down the ALT key and then moving the shadow slider to the right until nearly all of the bird was rendered black. Then I moved the middle tone slider to the left to lighten the image. Then color work to taste. In the screen capture below note that the shadow slider is pulled far to the right of where it would be ordinarily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Shopper’s Guide<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Below is a list of he gear used to make the three mages in this post. Thanks a stack to all who have used the Shopper’s Guide links to purchase their gear as a thank you for all the free information that we bring you on the Blog and in the Bulletins. Before you purchase anything be sure to check out the advice in our Shopper’s Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Support both the Bulletins and the Blog by making all your B & H purchases here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Remember: you can earn free contest entries with your B & H purchases. Eleven great categories, 34 winning and honored images, and prize pools valued in excess of $20,000. Click here<\/a> for details. <\/p>\n

Canon 800mm f\/5.L IS lens.<\/a> Right now this is my all time favorite super-telephoto lens.
\nCanon 1.4X III Teleconverter<\/a>. The new 1.4X TC is designed to work best with the newer Series II super-telephoto lenses but it works just fine with the current lenses.
\nCanon EOS-1D Mark IV professional digital camera body.<\/a> My two Mark IVs are my workhorse digital camera bodies. <\/p>\n

And from the BAA On-line Store:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

LensCoats<\/a>. I have a LensCoat on each of my big lenses to protect them from nicks and thus increase their re-sale value. All my big lens LensCoat stuff is in Hardwood Snow pattern.
\nLegCoat Tripod Leg Covers.<\/a> I have four tripods active and each has a Hardwood Snow LegCoat on it to help prevent further damage to my tender shoulders \ud83d\ude42
\nGitzo GT3530LS Tripod.<\/a> This one will last you a lifetime.
\nMongoose M3.6 Tripod Head.<\/a> Right now this is the best tripod head around for use with lenses that weigh less than 9 pounds. For heavier lenses, check out the Wimberley V2 head<\/a>. (Note: Denise prefers the Wimberley head to the Mongoose.
\nCR-80 Replacement Foot for Canon 800<\/a>. When using the 800 on a Mongoose as I do, replacing the lens foot with this accessory lets the lens sit like a dog whether pointed up or down and prevents wind-blown spinning of your lens on breezy days by centering the lens directly over the tripod.
\n Double Bubble Level.<\/a> You will find one in my camera’s hot shoe whenever I am not using flash.
\nBe sure to check out our camera body User’s Guides here<\/a>.
\nThe Lens Align Mark II.<\/a> I use the Lens Align Mark II pretty much religiously to micro-adjust all of my gear an average of once a month and always before a major trip. Enjoy our free comprehensive tutorial here.<\/a>
\nBIRDS AS ART Camera Body User’s Guides<\/a>. Why spend $2-5 grand on a camera and not learn to use it properly and efficiently? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ngg_shortcode_4_placeholder I created this image before dawn yesterday at Nickerson Beach while standing behind my tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f\/5.6L IS lens with the 1.4X III TC and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 500. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1\/60 sec. at f\/9 in Av mode. <\/p>\n

Lens\/TC\/camera body Micro-adjustment: 0. <\/p>\n

Laughing Gull Sunrise Silhouette\/Version I. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-90","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}