Pelican Silhouettes

iceman (Mike) · #1 22-05-2006, 01:14 PM

Hi all.

Here's a couple of shots from yesterday afternoon, taken at Long Jetty on the Central Coast of NSW.

Handheld, 350D + 75-300mm lens, f/22, ISO100, 1/100s exposure. First attachment is 300mm FL, second is 220mm.

Thanks for looking.

RB (Andrew) · #2 22-05-2006, 01:37 PM

Your borders aren't level.....

Just kidding Mike.

Nice work, love the tones in these ones.
Well done.

ving (David) · #3 22-05-2006, 01:44 PM

your shoe laces are undone

pelicans pelicans everywhere! nice shot mike

h0ughy (David) · #4 22-05-2006, 01:45 PM

the Birds are blurry

and must agree with RB!

davidpretorius · #5 22-05-2006, 04:57 PM

i can't make out the details on the birds.

Mike, these silhouettes thingies need light at the front to make the birds stand out so we can see them.

Nice work

Striker (Tony) · #6 22-05-2006, 05:06 PM

Mike I still cant see the pelicans or are they budgies...I cant tell...their too dark....Oh I see there Native pelicans that come from the Tribal community of Long Jetty.

Oh and Mike the glare is overeposed...next time take shorter exposure and blend it over the top.....lol

Would have been better with the "L" series 17-40 lense but we wont go there.

Otherwise.....some terrific photo's.

P.S borders look level..."Almost"

Dennis · #7 22-05-2006, 07:22 PM

Hi Mike

Those are very eye-catching photos of these majestic birds. Is the sepia finish a natural artifact from the low backlighting, or did you use a filter or processing?

Beautiful photos either way; they are very nicely composed and presented.

Cheers

Dennis

iceman (Mike) · #8 23-05-2006, 06:20 AM

You guys are all comedians

Thanks for the comments.

Dennis, no filters were used. The sepia look was mainly a result of the processing I applied. I used "RawShooterEssentials" to process the RAW file, which included adjusting the colour temperature to give that colouration, and the shadow contrast and highlight contrast were adjusted to give the silhouette. In the original shot, the birds weren't a complete silhouette.

Thanks

davidpretorius · #9 23-05-2006, 02:05 PM

do you still love us mike????

ving (David) · #10 23-05-2006, 02:19 PM

i dont think he does dave

iceman (Mike) · #11 23-05-2006, 02:22 PM

Don't be silly!

How could I not love you two cuddly folk with over 11000 posts between you

davidpretorius · #12 23-05-2006, 02:30 PM

and not one of them off topic!!!

something ving and i are very happy to lay claim to.

unlike bird, all he every posts about is astronoomy stuff on this forum. I ask you, how is that on topic?????

ving (David) · #13 23-05-2006, 02:33 PM

yeah, you go girlfriend!

h0ughy (David) · #14 23-05-2006, 09:12 PM

you guys are crawlers.

davidpretorius · #15 23-05-2006, 09:20 PM

, like sucking up to the wife, you suck up to the boss.

great pics mike, don't listen to the knockers, i love em!