Image taken from a hide
OM-1 150-400TC
Focal Length (35 mm conversion) : 1324.0mm
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
ISO: 2500
Exposure compensation : 0.0 EV
Shutter : 1/1250 sec
ACR/PSCC
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Image taken from a hide
OM-1 150-400TC
Focal Length (35 mm conversion) : 1324.0mm
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
ISO: 2500
Exposure compensation : 0.0 EV
Shutter : 1/1250 sec
ACR/PSCC
Hi Jon .. a super shot of the OC copula , at least for me .
You did well with the tones across the range and the pose is priceless good , framing does work well .
Personally I would go a touch cooler , as it looks like it was shot on an overcast day ... just matter of taste .
Not sure ... it looks like you have been monkeying around with some sort of softening , as the upper parts of the subjects do show a slight glow ???!!! And the BG does look blurred , more than usual in your postings
TFS Andreas
Hi Jon, overall is too warm and bottom heavy, I see you still like little space below and more above in your framing. 1/1250 SS, I think you were lucky as often this is seconds in the making. Very little detail in the white and blacks. The cross bills is unfortunate , but I do like the wings out.
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Thanks Steve, I had literally just entered the hide and opened the window, I didn't check the SS - in too much of a rush - my default is 1/1600 so I am not sure why it was so low. As you light imagine I got numerous images at 50fps - none ideal but I thought this one reasonable.
Andreas, coming back to the background, (I have been thinking - dangerous at my age!) I suspect I should have deleted this image and posted a different version, I recall on one I tried Lens Blur and wasn't keen on the result.....this may have been the one!
Jon why are you even going there????I recall on one I tried Lens Blur and wasn't keen on the result.....this may have been the one!
If you used ACR and DeNoise within it, what was the amount you used?
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
The background was quite busy and the dark areas were prominent I wanted to smooth things out a bit. Denoise - always minimal and suited to image rather than generic, no idea what the setting was but at 2500 it would have been probably 25-35 max.Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski
Excessive in my book, you need a lot less, but then you are working Olympus files which are different. But you can see its just smoothed out whatever detail you had in the plumage and even the BKG, creating that plastic look.no idea what the setting was but at 2500 it would have been probably 25-35 max.
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
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