mitesh wrote:
Thanks, Venkat. That’s taken not far from you… Nickerson Beach. Here’s another:
These is really some inspiring work. Even though I have lived here for 17 years, I have never been to Nickerson. You have convinced me to go there this summer
maf27 wrote:
These is really some inspiring work. Even though I have lived here for 17 years, I have never been to Nickerson. You have convinced me to go there this summer
You should definitely go! I am going to try to make another trip in about 10 days' time. If you're up for a meet-n-shoot, drop me a PM and we can coordinate.
WOW - If I had not seen this then I might have thought the only way to "create" this shot would be in photoshop combining two images (and the bird being in far better lighting conditions). Fantastic photograph, Mitesh - emotional, moving, moody and inspiring on so many levels.
say_doyster wrote:
WOW - If I had not seen this then I might have thought the only way to "create" this shot would be in photoshop combining two images (and the bird being in far better lighting conditions). Fantastic photograph, Mitesh - emotional, moving, moody and inspiring on so many levels.
I do wonder where the bird is going. :-)
Thanks for posting.
Bill
Thanks very much for those kind words, Bill! The light was running low and I had been trying for a backlit shot of oystercatchers feeding a chick, but it wasn’t happening. Not wanting to waste a great sunset, I decided to move to a tern nesting area where they were active. It took a few hundred shots, but finally this one managed to make it onto the memory card. Of course, it would have been preferable to have the bird facing me, but with wind coming from the west, I had to accept that wouldn’t happen. I suppose this is a decent example of how even a small sensor still has quite a bit of dynamic range. No combined exposures, no heavy color work or other post processing. Just a slight vignette to accentuate the setting sun and some sharpening around the bird’s silhouette.
So many great shots with this OM set-up. And you have created great images with many types of gear over the years. Are you finding the OM-1 and the 150-400 combo somewhat unique in the overall feature set? Pros, cons? Surprises? Disappointments?
Don't want to start a fanboy/critic war at all - genuinely interested in your experiences to date.
Also, I know that craft plays the dominant role with anyone who delivers exceptional results regardless of gear and you touched a tiny bit on your approach in your response to my genuine love of and response to your "bird flying away at sunset". How does the combo integrate with your approach to taking great photos of birds in all kinds of conditions and activities?
