
- Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
- EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM
- ƒ/6.3
- 300mm
- 1/2500s
- ISO 1000
- Steve Kaluski
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- Thu, 21 September 2017 7:52 AM
- www.untamedimages.co.uk
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.12 (Macintosh)
One area that has always eluded me is BIF and so when a very good/old friend suggested I hooked up with with him and two others I thought it was about time I got out of my comfort zone.
We all had the same kit and within the day all knew our settings & configurations for the cameras bodies. The noticeable difference with this type of photography was the Firmware update a while ago, which I never really highlighted itself previously with Wildlife, but suddenly with these subjects boy the camera bodies really excelled, something I'm sure Artie, Arash, David etc have already noted.
Back to the image, shot approximately 25m away from our 20ft aluminium skiff, rocking and rolling in the middle of a Norwegian fjord, in windy conditions, not every day was it sunny I might add. Kudos to those who shoot BIF, this was one of the hardest situations I've ever been in. After three hours out, shooting with the 200-400 boy did my arms ache or what and the pitching of the skiff illustrated just how hard keeping both subject and tracking all in line. Anyway enough of the excuses here is a white-tailed Sea eagle coming in.
Steve
Subject: White-tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Location: Norway
Camera: Canon 1DX MKII
Lens: 200-400f/4 HH
Exposure: 1/2500s at f/6.3 ISO1000
Original format: Landscape, very slightly cropped
Processed via: LRCC & PSCC2017