Pied Bushchat in soft golden light

[Romy Ocon]

The sun low in the horizon at Paralaya gave some sporadic soft golden light whenever the rays pierced through very thin portions of the clouds. To my eyes, such "mildly filtered" golden light is more ideal for birdshooting than direct golden sunlight.

The latter can be too warm for my taste, plus there's an abrupt transition between shadows and lit areas.



Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata, resident, female)
Shooting Info - Candaba wetlands, Pampanga, August 16, 2010, 1D4 + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 700 mm, f/7.1, ISO 500, 1/800 sec, 475B/3421 support, manual exposure in available light.

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

excellent as always mastah! and the technicals are also a great learning!

Question though, for the "golden light" situation, which WB should work? Incandescent? or adjust on the PP table?

[Romy Ocon]

Aug 18, 2010 5:35:18 GMT Edu Lorenzo Jr said:

excellent as always mastah! and the technicals are also a great learning!

Question though, for the "golden light" situation, which WB should work? Incandescent? or adjust on the PP table?

Thanks, Edu.

I believe the choice of WB is situation specific (depends on the colors of the bird, environment and how low/filtered the sun is).

For this one, the camera chose an auto WB of 5200 temp and + 30 tint (ACR 6.2RC interpretation). It looked too cold for my taste. I tried Daylight WB (5500, +10) and it appeared a tad on the warm side. I adjusted this to (5500, +15) to pull back the warm greens a bit. My color consultant concurred with my WB choice.

[ppaaoolloo]

Exceptional as always Romy. It is so detailed that I can't stop looking at it.

[Romy Ocon]

Aug 18, 2010 5:54:13 GMT @ppaaoolloo said:

Exceptional as always Romy. It is so detailed that I can't stop looking at it.

Thanks, Pao. How are the colors and contrast when seen at your IPS screen? Too dark, too bright, too saturated?

[Bob Kaufman]

No matter what the lighting condition, the Mastah will always come up with a perfect shot! The colors and contrast are excellent, Mastah Romy!

[donsausa]

Excellent lighting.

[ppaaoolloo]

Aug 18, 2010 5:57:19 GMT Romy Ocon said:

Aug 18, 2010 5:54:13 GMT @ppaaoolloo said:

Exceptional as always Romy. It is so detailed that I can't stop looking at it.

Thanks, Pao. How are the colors and contrast when seen at your IPS screen? Too dark, too bright, too saturated?

Colors & contrast is consistent with your style for the past few months.

So it is spot on.

I should start using the Whibal before/after shooting.

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

thank you, Mastah for the words of wisdom.

[Toto Gamboa]

Whoaaaa Staggering details!

[Eric Patdu]

Excellent shot Sir Romy! I love how the subject and the perch pops from the beautiful bokeh.

[mantarey]

Superb capture Mastah Romy, looks so natural and life like, it startled me. ;D

[Mark Itol]

This is just superb, Ka Mastah.

[William Lim]

Perfect in all aspects, Romy.

[Clemn A. Macasiano Jr.]

Whats the subject distance mastah ?

[Romy Ocon]

Thanks everyone for the comments and feedback!

Boy, the EXIF says 10.1 m distance.

[Clemn A. Macasiano Jr.]

Thanks Mastah ...

[Luis (Chito) Limchiu]

composition, lighting, and sharpness all superb Romy

[JV Noriega]

Wonderful capture, ka mastah! and yes, soft, diffused light truly brings out more "even" detail on complex three dimensional subjects such as birds... but hard, direct light is no problem for the mastah either! Great work as always ka Romy!

[Ely Teehankee]

You got the best of both worlds in this picture, both the scenery and the bird. I like the feather details best. Well done Romy. Mabuhay.