Strokbill KF at eye level

DeSwitch · 21st July 2008

Was lucky to find him in his unusual perch today. Normally it perch quite high and at odd angles to shoot. Today it was in the open and only 2m high, 5m away from me. 2 version of the same photo. 1st one BG edited while the 2nd is straight from the cam.

Headshotzx · 21st July 2008

First shot is an absolute winner. Great job man! That's awesome.

01dsk001 · 21st July 2008

I love the second one... natural. What kind of settings were you using? Thanks.

trident · 21st July 2008

great job on the editing, must be time consuming.
Nice shot

DeSwitch · 21st July 2008

Originally Posted by Headshotzx

First shot is an absolute winner. Great job man! That's awesome.

Originally Posted by trident

great job on the editing, must be time consuming.
Nice shot

Thanks guys, yup, its time consuming and strained my eyes to edit.

DeSwitch · 21st July 2008

Originally Posted by 01dsk001

I love the second one... natural. What kind of settings were you using? Thanks.

Thanks, actually we can get the same effect as my PSed version if the leaves are far from the subject. #2 is more natural though. I was using ISO400, AV mode at f8. Shot with 1Dmk2 + 500mm.

Here is a non edited version of the same bird , almost same location but taken with my 40D + 400mm handheld, so quality is not so good. This perch was just nice for me to use the trees oposite the lake as my BG.

knpan · 21st July 2008

good perching shot with no blown background deswitch. Hows the fantail nest? Who spread to you? Haha. From me to 10000 ppl..ha

DeSwitch · 21st July 2008

Originally Posted by knpan

good perching shot with no blown background deswitch. Hows the fantail nest? Who spread to you? Haha. From me to 10000 ppl..ha

The bird itself lead me to the nest. Just lucky I guess as I was walking and saw it flew into the tree. Actually I was looking for another bird in the area, the copper smith Barbet. But better not to shoot as the angle is not good and wont get any good shot. Wont want to disturb the nesting.

knpan · 22nd July 2008

heard the fruits are dropping now! Ahh i got to go there b4 the juvenile fledge. Did you see the old man btw? I think he left sbg when u came

21st July 2008	#1
DeSwitch Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 1.45N 103.83E Posts: 2,745	Strokbill KF at eye level Was lucky to find him in his unusual perch today. Normally it perch quite high and at odd angles to shoot. Today it was in the open and only 2m high, 5m away from me. 2 version of the same photo. 1st one BG edited while the 2nd is straight from the cam. __________________ NPX Multiply

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01dsk001 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: East Posts: 75	Re: Strokbill KF at eye level I love the second one... natural. What kind of settings were you using? Thanks.

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trident Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 200	Re: Strokbill KF at eye level great job on the editing, must be time consuming. Nice shot

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knpan Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 2,650	Re: Strokbill KF at eye level good perching shot with no blown background deswitch. Hows the fantail nest? Who spread to you? Haha. From me to 10000 ppl..ha

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knpan Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 2,650	Re: Strokbill KF at eye level heard the fruits are dropping now! Ahh i got to go there b4 the juvenile fledge. Did you see the old man btw? I think he left sbg when u came

21st July 2008	#2
Headshotzx Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Punggol Posts: 3,984	Re: Strokbill KF at eye level First shot is an absolute winner. Great job man! That's awesome. __________________ Our pictures are our footprints. It’s the best way to tell people we were here - JoeMcnally \| Flickr