GBH on one leg...

[jeffashman]

Beautiful bird .. in a beautiful photo

Thank you!

 

[weepete]

Very nicely done Jeff!

Something to consider is stepping down that lens a touch at the long end for static subjects. I like shooting with my camera on manual, and auto ISO as I tend to get my sharpest shots around f8. Could be worth trying with your new lens too.

 

[jeffashman]

Very nicely done Jeff!

Something to consider is stepping down that lens a touch at the long end for static subjects. I like shooting with my camera on manual, and auto ISO as I tend to get my sharpest shots around f8. Could be worth trying with your new lens too.

Thanks, I'm going to try the lens at f/8. For this one, I had the camera highlight tone priority at D+ and the EB at +3/4 EV. I was concerned that the pics would be too dark otherwise. The D+ has a minimum ISO of 200. f/6.3 1/1250, since I was anticipating a take-off. As it was, it stayed put until after I left.

 

[jeffashman]

I tried to tame the higlights and reduce the whites, and I think it came out a little better.
feb13202205 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr