Posted by Kelly Photography (Tokyo, Japan) on 30 January 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
I thought I'd start off my bird series. I promised another am3 member that I'd post the pictures of birds that I took in Australia. This am3 person has been the inspiration for most of these pictures so if you know who you are here's a very big thanks to you.
I hope all of you enjoy the pictures. I've cropped some of them to add the effect of what I saw in my head I hope it isn't too much.
Enjoy the show folks.
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Great start Kelly! I eagerly look forward to the rest of the series.
30 Jan 2007 12:56am
@am3 person: Hey "am3 person" I was hoping you'd be the first to comment on my page. I'm glad you had a look. Since you're an avid bird watcher maybe you can shed some light on the birds and raptors that I'll post.
This shot is one of my favorite about birds. Brilliant!
30 Jan 2007 2:36am
@badala: Thank you very much...please stay tuned for the rest of the pictures.
mmm part I well done, lets wait for the rest now
30 Jan 2007 5:53am
@Dimitrios: part 1 and series 1 I guess. You'll have to wait for part 2 series 2 another time in the future. But please enjoy series one.
You nailed this one! Congrats - excellent shot!
30 Jan 2007 5:55am
@Jerry: Thanks mate...I hope you enjoy the rest of the series.
Brilliant capture, can´t wait to see the rest ;)
30 Jan 2007 6:04am
@Manuela Photography: Thanks mate...and welcome back with your posts. I hope you enjoy the rest.
A Majestuous bird! Fine capture!
30 Jan 2007 8:31am
@Still: Thanks mate...stay tuned there's more to come.
Great shot! I love the detail on the feathers.
30 Jan 2007 8:32am
@Angry Buddha: Thanks mate. I wasn't really going for the detail on the feathers I wanted it more for the head but thems the breaks huh!! Oh well I'm glad you like it though.
Sharp eye! Very cool image.
30 Jan 2007 8:52am
@Makoto: ありがとう マコトさん。
I like his eyes, beautiful. Very cool photo!
30 Jan 2007 9:25am
@Alfredo J. Martiz J.: Thanks mate...there's more to come.
The bird is magnificient, and you captured it well.
30 Jan 2007 9:38am
@Jen: Thanks mate. Your light bird was impressive too!!
Really love the sharpness and clarity on this one, Kelly. Great colours, and cropping. I've been finding it really tough to get good shots of birds. I might take 20 shots and only one is good, esp at a distance. You must've been about a mile away at 300mm! Nicely done mate!
30 Jan 2007 10:19am
@Stu: Thanks Stu-san, I think the trick with taking shots of birds is the light factor. If you've got a steady hand that really helps aswell. My advice is to use a pretty high iso as it is during the day and your noise will almost be non-exsistant and try to get the shutter speed as high as possible without sacrificing the ev value too much. That way you can get really clear shots even with a little shake of the hand.
Believe me at 300mm a little shake shows alot in the picture.
Good work mate. The thing I like about this one is colour more than anything else. The colour of the trees in the background and the bird are just perfect. I'm glad you didn't play with the saturation mate.
30 Jan 2007 10:51am
@Darren: You know what, recently the name of my blog doesn't really hold true to what I want to do with my pictures. Just like the mullet it came and went. So was my fascination with supersaturation. I find that my pictures benifit more just from shadows and highlights. Thanks mate.
This one is great, I look forward to the rest of the series.
30 Jan 2007 12:19pm
Best guess, as my library isn't deep enough to include Australian raptors: Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua), courtesy of- http://members.aol.com/hawkequip/australianraptorcentre/gallery1.html
30 Jan 2007 4:22pm
magnificent creature. the crop is fine Kelly, it really accentuates the diagonal of his/her posture well. Nicely processed, with the green proving a wonderfully subtle canvas.
4 Feb 2007 1:02am
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