Fly Like an Eagle

July 2013. Machias Seal Island. More of my puffins can be seen at http://www.tedellisphotography.com/

Hi Ted, a big welcome to BPN from me, and a great place to learn and share. I really like the banking pose showing the full wingspread. Overall well exposed, and it looks like the critical point of focus was on the feet and tail. You could try and selectively sharpen the head.

Please include your Exif info, so folks can see your shooting conditions.

Hi,

Very well caught, exposed, and framed in the picture. I agree with Stuart.

Richard

Welcome to BPN Ted,
Beautiful flight pose with beautiful colors,nice details and composition.
Very nice advice by Stuart Sir.

Regards,
Satish.

Whoa, now that is a dynamic flight pose! I absolutely love the curled wings, so cool. Beautiful vertical comp. The orange feet and bill look great against the pale blue sky. I agree that a bit more sharpening on the head and face would be good, and I would lighten the eye's iris a tad more (and/or darken the pupil).

Stuart Bowie said:

Hi Ted, a big welcome to BPN from me, and a great place to learn and share. I really like the banking pose showing the full wingspread. Overall well exposed, and it looks like the critical point of focus was on the feet and tail. You could try and selectively sharpen the head.

Please include your Exif info, so folks can see your shooting conditions.

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Stuart the Exit data is included, I just checked, right mouse click says it is there. But here they are
Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens: EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Image Date: 2013-07-10 09:10:25 +0000
Focal Length: 195mm
Focus Distance: 13.8m
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.0005 s (1/2000)
ISO equiv: 1600
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Creator: Ted Ellis
Copyright: Ted Ellis 2013. All rights reserved.
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Windows

There seems to be a consensus on a tad more sharpening of the head. Easy to do. Thanks for your thoughts and welcome.

Ted

Richard Stern said:

Hi,

Very well caught, exposed, and framed in the picture. I agree with Stuart.

Richard

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Thank you Richard!

Satish Ranadive said:

Welcome to BPN Ted,
Beautiful flight pose with beautiful colors,nice details and composition.
Very nice advice by Stuart Sir.

Regards,
Satish.

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Thank you Satish!!!

Daniel Cadieux said:

Whoa, now that is a dynamic flight pose! I absolutely love the curled wings, so cool. Beautiful vertical comp. The orange feet and bill look great against the pale blue sky. I agree that a bit more sharpening on the head and face would be good, and I would lighten the eye's iris a tad more (and/or darken the pupil).

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Thank you very much Daniel!

very nice Ted,
I like the composition and especially the view of the feet. colors and exposure are both good. the shooting angle is a bit steep but the special wing position noted by Daniel and dynamic pose make up for it . I agree that the critical focus fell on the tail, a bit more selective sharpening on the head will sure help here.

TFS great work

Perfect capture point, very hard as they are relly small, and great title; does look soft up front.
Welcome

arash_hazeghi said:

very nice Ted,
I like the composition and especially the view of the feet. colors and exposure are both good. the shooting angle is a bit steep but the special wing position noted by Daniel and dynamic pose make up for it . I agree that the critical focus fell on the tail, a bit more selective sharpening on the head will sure help here.

TFS great work

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Arash et al, I agree the head is a tad soft. I have reworked the raw image. CC appreciated.

Ted
http://www.tedellisphotography.com

You need to sharpen a bit more, something like this