Same Hawk with different outcome

largelylivin

I finally finished wading through all the shots I got of this poser. Its interesting to compare the two pictures. He had moved 20ft and landed up a bit higher and I had to reposition myself. Yea the color balance is just a bit different but the background coloration changed so much. I actually think the difference is mostly atmospheric because the sun was rising and the morning fog was lifting. Both hand-held K10D with Sigma 50-500 at 500. First ISO800, 1/1500s, f9.5. Second, ISO 400, 1/350s, f16. I'm surprised that I got away with that second shot and attribute it to the ant-shake feature.

Preference?

Harryb

I like the second shot but the color cast on the first shot is a bit too heavy.

dbaker1221

i like the 2nd alot:ivar

Giphsub

me too

largelylivin

This was the first time that I was shooting so early in the AM. I had issues with the white-balance and I think its due to the light conditions and sun angle changing to fast. After looking at the pics again, I think that the white-balance tof the first one is too orange(?) and that the second is more correct. I guess the key would be the white feathers which, without a reference, now seem a little to buff in the first.

Agreed?

raptorcaptor

Second shot works for me! If you are shooting raw you can play with the color balance quite easily, but if you are shooting in the morning you want to leave some of the natural color in the photo. I use a flash when I shoot in the early morning light that way I can use the orange-pink sky as the background and light the bird with the flash!