Horned Lark

Kurt Bowman · Feb 13, 2010

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
ƒ/5.6
700mm
1/800s
ISO 100
Fri, 12 February 2010 10:28 PM
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Today at Pawnee National Grasslands...it was very windy

Mark IV
500mm w/1.4 tc
1/800 at f/5.6
ISO 100

Scott Frye · Feb 14, 2010

Nice shot of this lark and the background is great -- they are very jumpy little birds. The bird is too centered for my taste and cloning some space from the left side would bring the bird a bit off center.

Axel Hildebrandt · Feb 14, 2010

I like the look-back pose, open beak and the horns. The perch is a bit overpowering, I might crop some off the bottom.

Ryan Schain · Feb 14, 2010

Cool shot! I agree with axel on the crop, and I think the shot could stand a bit more sharpening. I would have also used at least ISO 400 to increase my shutter speed.

Axel Hildebrandt · Feb 14, 2010

Ryan Schain said:
. I would have also used at least ISO 400 to increase my shutter speed.

Good point, with the Mark IV, ISO 400 is my standard ISO, that way you can stop down to f/8, which usually helps with sharpness when a 1.4x TC is attached.

Kurt Bowman · Feb 15, 2010

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. BTW, I was using auto ISO. The 7D was the first Canon from my knowledge to offer it, and it is part of the Mark IV also, but with the Mark IV, I can set the minimum and maximum ISO. Maybe I should change the minimum to 400 when shooting birds if I want to continue to shoot Av or Manual with auto ISO. Again thanks for the coments, I probably wouldn't have thought about trying that without them!

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