A stiff southerly breeze and high tide combine to produce an interesting sea this afternoon, and I'm back - fuelled-on by yesterday's success - for some more bird photography on the beach. Conditions are ideal, with a bright but steely-grey sky, and more importantly, no rain. However, the wind does make it tricky to keep a big lens steady, even on a monopod. With such rough seas and such small subjects, the autofocus on the camera at times struggles to lock on to what I consider important, and as a result my hit rate of successful image is quite low. Ultimately, there are enough useable frames to make the shoot worthwhile so one again I chalk-up another successful day.
Post processing: I am using a trick employed by Hollywood film makers to make the subject more appealing to the viewer on this one, where the shadow detail is blue tinted and the main subject a warmer, orangey/brown hue. Although not direct opposites on the colour wheel, they are close enough to have a similar effect. That, and the translucent feathers on the wing of the Herring Gull, make the shot.
300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Nikkor with TC-14EII converter. 1/640 second at f/7.1. - 0.33 EV compensation. ISO 200
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