Bird of the evening

ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
edited February 12, 2005 in Wildlife
The Pelican. I entered one photo in the challenge, but I want to share them with you all who don't follow the challenge threads. These were with my new 300mm lens. Hand held, not cropped, very little, if anything, done to them. ISO 800, f8 He can be quite beautiful, the pelican can.

I started over with the RAW file of the top pelican. Just bumping the saturation got him the golden glow. Then I used the USM in PS, that was basically it, and he matches the color of the other, or I should say the saturation of the others.


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Ballet at the creek:

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After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,948 moderator
    edited February 11, 2005
    Ginger,

    Very nice first shot. How are you post processing them?

    Ian
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  • MuskyDudeMuskyDude Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited February 11, 2005
    Wow these are great! clap.gif I particularly like the third one, really catches my eye... thumb.gif


    AJ
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  • BryanBryan Registered Users Posts: 153 Major grins
    edited February 11, 2005
    All three are challenge worthy, great shots!!!!
  • ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited February 11, 2005
    All very nice shots Ginger, well done thumb.gif
    Ed

    www.edhughesphoto.com
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2005
    They are all full frame, no cropping. I upped the saturation in RAW on the bottom two I think. I really did very little. Perhaps USM. I don't think I did anything to the top one, and I think I just bumped the saturation, as I said in RAW.

    They were as the sun was getting ready to set. I had already been shooting for over an hour with my new lens, then discovered I had no CF card in my camera.
    Yeah, uh huh. So I went back to get up close and friendly with the pelicans again. And I took some shots of egrets, a great blue heron was around. Actually the goof on the CF card probably helped me as the light was really good. I am just learning that lens.

    Then I came home and worked them up. Was very pleased. In general, and specifically I got the shot for the Challenge, one I could just put up and like it so much it nothing was an issue. I am exhausted now, but relieved.

    The background is marsh grass. Shooting at f8, I didn't expect such a narrow
    DOF, but that threw the marsh grass out of focus. It is brownish at this time of year, so it turned golden along with the pelicans. I think maybe the DOF was so short because I was pretty close to the pelicans. I needed to fill the frame.

    I need a tutorial on this lens. As an editor of all the nice surprises it is giving me, it is a joy.rolleyes1.gif It is the Canon 300 Prime.

    Thanks all for coming by,
    ginger
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • SeamusSeamus Registered Users Posts: 1,573 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2005
    Brilliantthumb.gif . You are going to take some great photos with your new lens.
  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2005
    They look like my daughter's plush toys...almost like velvet. I've never seen pelicans so close before. Nice job, ginger. And thanks.
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
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  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2005
    Really beautiful Ginger.. I expecially like the the third one..
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    The Pelican. I entered one photo in the challenge, but I want to share them with you all who don't follow the challenge threads. These were with my new 300mm lens. Hand held, not cropped, very little, if anything, done to them. ISO 800, f8 He can be quite beautiful, the pelican can.

    I started over with the RAW file of the top pelican. Just bumping the saturation got him the golden glow. Then I used the USM in PS, that was basically it, and he matches the color of the other, or I should say the saturation of the others.



    WOW, Ginger really fine
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    Harry
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