Common Pauraque

Alan Murphy · Feb 23, 2011

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows

Common Pauraque

Workshop: South Texas

D3, 600, ISO 400, f6.5, 1/250, flash @ 1/16th power.

Cropped tighter for this forum to show as much detail as possible.
The technique I used to get this image will be featured in one of my up and coming newsletters.

Randy Stout · Feb 23, 2011

Alan:
Love the wings up pose with detail on ventral and dorsal surfaces, subtle flash work, sharp.

Interesting eye, not familiar with them. My first thought was a flash artifact, but perhaps not?

Dark background suggests a night flyer.

Look forward to hearing your tech.

Cheers

Randy

Ákos Lumnitzer · Feb 23, 2011

Randy
You don't know this is a night bird? :2eyes2: I worry about you man.

Awesome shot BTW Al!

Charles Scheffold · Feb 23, 2011

Incredibly detailed and the background is wonderful. Would love to hear more about how you made this capture.

thanks
Charles

Gary Esman · Feb 23, 2011

Another killer shot Alan! I gotta get down there.

Gary.

Sidharth Kodikal · Feb 23, 2011

Stunning work, Alan. Excellent pose and superb details. Was the eye worked on (probably red eye from flash)?
Looking forward to your newsletter.

Alan Murphy · Feb 23, 2011

Sidharth Kodikal said:
Stunning work, Alan. Excellent pose and superb details. Was the eye worked on (probably red eye from flash)?
Looking forward to your newsletter.

Yes the eye was red from flash, so I brought it back to natural in post processing.

Johnny Bravo · Feb 23, 2011

Fantastic shot Alan, masterful control of that flash.

Daniel Cadieux · Feb 23, 2011

Man, that white stripe across the primaries really stands out. Very cool. I too will be looking forward to read the technique used for this image...

Sid Garige · Feb 23, 2011

Never see one in flight Alan. Excellent.

arash_hazeghi · Feb 24, 2011

This is killer Alan, superb pose and details

Lorant Voros · Feb 24, 2011

Yes, incredible how you captured this night bird. I am looking forward to read about the technique for sure. Just amazing!

James Salywoda · Feb 25, 2011

Incredible Shot!

Harshad Barve · Feb 27, 2011

Another killer shot Alan
TFS

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