Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gorgeous, although this goes beyond my PS skills. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Jun 13, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > A couple weeks ago I visited Yuba Pass, where California Highway 49 > crosses the Sierra Nevada. At that time I located the nest of a > White-headed Woodpecker; unfortunately it was late in the day when I found > the bird and the lighting on the nest tree was unfavorable (dappled > light/dark through other trees). I got a few photos but was not > satisfied, so I returned last weekend early in the day. I set up a blind > nearby and watched as the adult woodpeckers brought yummy grubs and bugs > to the hatchlings. > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/picoides/whwood03.html > > Despite the better light on the nest tree I had a few remaining technical > problems: I wanted a bit more DOF than I'd get at f/4, so I used f/8. > The lens was on a tripod so the slower shutter speed was no big deal but > f/8 made the background too distinct and contrasty. Taking a cue from > Aram's part-polarized Yosemite photos, my solution was to make a second > exposure at f/4 after the exposure of the bird then merge in Photoshop. > It's the same background, but exposed at f/4 (shutter speed adjusted to > match exposure) instead of f/8. > > I expanded on this idea with a 3-exposure woodpecker 'panorama': > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/picoides/whwood02.html > > All comments are welcome. Technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, > beat-up Gitzo & blind. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >