Kurt_Horne
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What fantastic photos I've seen on this on this site. I'm afraid I don't have many/any images quite of that caliber. I did want to share this one for feedback, as one of my personal favourites taken last year at the local park. I was there in the early afternoon, a time when the birds are a little settled after gorging on the seed park goers bring and busy themselves mostly with bathing and grooming. The sun was high, but a l little behind me. I was photographing from a small over the water boardwalk into the shallows of the lake. I was aiming to capture some sort of motion and I had the idea of a bird flapping its wings to dry after a bath. I don't have a lot of patience and so easily get distracted from one bird's activity to the next, which did result in the too close nature of this photo, I was setup on a smaller duck not doing anything when the Canada Goose caught my eye so I snapped some frames before realizing I was a bit too zoomed in and cut off the top of the left wing.
In the end, I couldn't help but still be happy with the image, and never thought much about the clipped wing myself until I heard it come up in other image critiques. Actually I was personally more concerned about cutting the foot off. I call it the dancer because the foot and wing placement just seem like a ballerina mid movement.
Shot with a Nikon Z6II and the Sigma 150-600 lens. ISO 6400, which I could have dropped but the prior subject was in much more shade, SS 1/2000 and F5.6. There's no cropping of the image, but some shadow adjustment to make the light more dramatic and the colours pop a bit more (using ACDsee).
On another day, I look forward to sharing a couple other favourite images. Appreciate any comments/feedback.
In the end, I couldn't help but still be happy with the image, and never thought much about the clipped wing myself until I heard it come up in other image critiques. Actually I was personally more concerned about cutting the foot off. I call it the dancer because the foot and wing placement just seem like a ballerina mid movement.
Shot with a Nikon Z6II and the Sigma 150-600 lens. ISO 6400, which I could have dropped but the prior subject was in much more shade, SS 1/2000 and F5.6. There's no cropping of the image, but some shadow adjustment to make the light more dramatic and the colours pop a bit more (using ACDsee).
On another day, I look forward to sharing a couple other favourite images. Appreciate any comments/feedback.
- NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 6_2
- VR 150-600mm f/5-6.3G
- ƒ/14
- 350mm
- 1/2000s
- ISO 6400
- Sat, 14 January 2023 3:35 PM