Noisy Miner

[Colin Driscoll]

• Canon EOS R5
• EF600mm f/4L IS III USM +1.4x III
• ƒ/5.6
• 840mm
• 1/1600s
• ISO 8000
• Colin Driscoll
• Sun, 02 March 2025 6:42 AM
• Colin Driscoll
• Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 17.2 (Windows)

A Noisy Miner portrait. Landed about a meter in front of me with too much lens so stepped back for the shot.
ACR and PS2025

 

[Steve Kaluski]

• Colin Driscoll
• Colin Driscoll
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 14.2 (Macintosh)

Hi Colin, you did well from what you describe as a 'grab' shot. Can I assume the light was coming in from the RHS so the left part of the body would be more in shadow? There is some funky stuff going on around the eye.

I'd like to see a bit more tonal range to add the form and depth so the light 'sculps' and 'wraps' around the bird, (love those phrases).

Maybe having cleaner whites, no cast, and pumping some colour in may help, likewise having the subject lighter/BG darker, many options, just some thoughts.

Nice to see you back posting again.

TFS
Steve

 

[Colin Driscoll]

Thanks for your thoughts Steve

 

[Kurt_Horne]

Very interesting bird, not one I've seen in person and certainly not that close. Love that strange skin patch near the eye.

 

[Dave Pastern]

Hi Colin,

Your image looks a bit underexposed (at a guess, half a stop). Steve's version does look better to my eyes on my laptop.

Cheers,

Dave

 

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Colin ... quite nice grab shot .
Not a big fan of these squarish crops , but you might have a reason for that apart from being that close to the subject .
You did well with the kit and the limited DOF ... sharp where it needs to be. Overall colors are ok .
I am not too excited about the " blotchy " BG and the supper smooth area around the eye ....

Good to see you posting

TFS Andreas

 

[Colin Driscoll]

Thanks for your comments and observations all of which I agree with.