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Winter survivor


Winter survivor
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Copyright: Cody Brinton (Cody) (8)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-01-10
Categories: Birds
Exposure: f/20.0, 1/80 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-01-20 23:56
Viewed: 945
Points: 7
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
First Post. This shot is straight from th ecamera... Thanks in advance. BTW this is a sage grouse, taken under the Tetons on a fridgid day.
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Welcome to TrekNature. Center section is wonderful. I tend to crop my photos a little closer when resolution allows...probably not in this case. I also tend toward more contrast in values...your whites are a little gray. I haven't seen a grouse in winter plumage. Very attractive. Your location is one of my favorite places though I haven't seen it in winter. I'm jealous. : )

Hi Cody,
it's a nice picture you start with.
Good POV, nice colours and good details.
As Evelynn mention the snow is a it grey and why F22?
You can post up to 800px.
Well done.

Welcome to TN.

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  • yan (133)
  • [2006-01-21 3:21]

with this kind of colour, the quality of the pic can be up to 10 or 11 to get max 200kb. Then you still can increase the saturation. I agree to Evelyn who said that the snow looks a bit grey than white. The grass around the bird can make a good composition though so you can crop either in the right or left. for my taste, i would like to crop it in the right portion and a little from the bottom too to get more detail on the birds. Anyway welcome to TN from the new one

Great first post, and a very nice picture of this bird.
I did a workshop to illustrate some points that were already mentioned, please have a look.
As to apperture, f/20 will maximise the DOF but I think f/8 would probably have been enough. With the longer exposure at 1/80 sec you risk camera shake if you don't have a steady hand, and motion blurr if your subject moves. A smaller f/stop and shorter exposure would have made things easier, and left you a bit more light at the same time.

In any case, a very good capture!

Regards,
Gabi

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