When I was shooting these images, I could barely see the bird. It was very hard to get focus. Once I got it, I didn't move it. I just kept shooting hoping the eye would stay focused. Getting the white balance is a guessing game. In this series, I went blue. The first few images were "overexposed," I thought due to the flip screen on bright. So, I toned the rest of the images down and thus under exposed them by accident. The first image is uncropped and darkened to match the other three. I zoomed in more for the last three and cropped them a little.
Thanks for looking.
Rex
I added a few more images at different brightness and color balance.
morris wrote:
Nice set Rex. How do you feel about making them a bit brighter?
Morris
Thanks, Morris. I debated about that. My 1st image shot out of the camera is shown here unprocessed, auto white balance at 100% crop. It's not very noisy for 10,000 ISO. The other images, I underexposed, not on purpose, so I had to fight the noise. These are shown as if daylight. Lighter at your request.
DivineFocus wrote:
Cute little guy. The bird's pupils tell the story of how dark it was. Love the water drops on the head.
Thanks for commenting, Dan. Yes it was dark. I could barely see a silhouette.
Rex
Great series Rex. The only view of this species I have ever had was a face in a nest box or tree crevice. Great job getting sharp shots with those long exposure times. Well done.
Nice capture! Would like to see one one day. FWIW I prefer your original processing. If you are shooting an animal in near dark, the image should look at least a little dark IMO.
