Here's a portrait from last week, I think, of someone I work with. As always, click to embiggen, link below for bloggy post/more shots from the series.
http://www.taishimizu.com/index.tai?title=Hard-at-Work&view=post&postid=127
Photo-a-day: NR edition (June)
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American Goldfinch
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wouldn't mind Your help gentoo with naming the specie, btw nice shoot
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Gentoo ! Great shot!
Only comment is there seems to be some kind of fringe near the beak of the bird...
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Thanks adamz and heartyfisher. I was a bit lazy in the post processing of this shot so there is a bit of some fringing caused by me.
Adamz, this is a sub adult gull. While gulls are one of my specialties, they are highly highly variable and the most seasoned experts can have issues with them. Where was the shot taken? That's huge on gull identification. Also, a lot of the young European species look alike to my eyes but I can ID them sometimes. I can always get help from birdforum too.
Also, now I don't expect you to know this, but with gulls, open wing shots are often the key to positive identifications. It's the reason why, if you've ever visited my gallery, that you see so many of my gull shots like this:
http://www.pbase.com/shonn/image/94758446
http://www.pbase.com/shonn/image/90662615
http://www.pbase.com/shonn/image/94856026
http://www.pbase.com/shonn/image/114122470
Now I know these species like the back of my hand anywhere in any situation. The key here is in the pattern of the wingtips and these are just adult birds which are easier to identify.
Your bird I can say looks like it's in it's third plumage cycle (so in it's third year or so). It's likely either a Herring or a Yellow-Legged Gull, could also be a Caspian Gull. Incidentally the latter two were once considered subspecies of the Herring Gull. The key features in the wings and even tail pattern are hidden here. Give me a location and I can get some birdforum members to help out but that will be the first thing they ask.
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Well Gull-ly ! Never knew that about gulls ! .. Next time I want to ID a gull I will try to get an open wing shot too.. -- Had a look at those ones you linked and I must say I cant tell the difference on several of them ... :-)
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I'll start another thread about this and bird ID in general and I will start by poiting out to you what to look for in these shots.
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thank You gentoo a lot - as for the location, warsaw, poland - as for future shoots, will try to do better; moreover I'm getting the "bird fever" as yesterday I even went to a bookstore and looked into couple of bird books (haven't bought it yet, as they didn't had english names in it, but will look for some other - btw. any recommendations)
as for Your shots, I really like http://www.pbase.com/shonn/image/114122470, really nice photoPosted 3 years ago # -
One of my rare black and white posts you'll see;
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Good toning with that BW. I was about to say that's film. Mmnnn..... film.
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I was thinking of making this one B/W, but then decided that green is good.
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Good work gentoo - welcome to B&W world
mb - IMHO B&W will work for Your shoot, once converted try to add the green filter
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@mb, I like the green too, but wouldn't mind seeing a B&W conversion, too.
Today's image is from this morning at Grand Central with my 24mm f/2 AIS
http://www.taishimizu.com/index.tai?title=Grand-Central-Terminal&view=post&postid=129Posted 3 years ago # -
It seams BW is having kind of a cam back. By the way this is best thread on this forum, I really like to see so many people making so many wonderful shoots BW or otherwise.
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mb, your photo looks great either way
tai, that shot captivates me for some reason. It really draws me in.
I am very much a color oriented person. However for capturing emotion, B&W is the way to go. Here's one more of my recent conversions.
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Gentoo – how come your birds are so colorful but your people so gray?
Rainy days
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"how come your birds are so colorful but your people so gray?" LOL
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mb - the B&W version really rocks!
tai - nice picture, have You used double exposure, or if not how long was the exposure?
gentoo - try download a trial version of Nik Software SilverFX, it's a must have for B&W digital photography, BTW nice portrait; You could also try to crop it a little bit, and shift the main subject to left, with some space on the right sight
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one of my shot from this weekend, Bald Eagle:
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@adamz, If I remember correctly it was 25 seconds at f/8 with a .9 ND filter. If that's not exact, it's at least close.
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This one's from today's pride parade in NYC. My D200's batteries died after maybe half an hour or so at the parade (my fault for not remembering to charge), but luckily I had my FE on me, and have a few rolls of film to develop.
With one of my new toys, the Nikon 85mm f/1.4 AIS
http://www.taishimizu.com/index.tai?title=New-York-Pride-Parade&view=post&postid=131Posted 3 years ago # -
mb, almost all my pics are colorful. I've only posted two or 3 b&w photos I believe. Here is another color photo. This is the same girl that I used in the picture controls thread:
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@Gentoo – all your pictures are colorful, even BW ones. I recognized the girl you are using as a subject.
@adamz – seams gentoo has influenced you to go from your furry subjects to feathery ones ;) Great head shot.
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adamz: That's a great Bald Eagle portrait! Lots of feather detail (something us birders like in photos) around the head and bill.
tai: nice one from the pride festival. Didn't make the one here in San Diego which has the second largest in Ca.
mb: Thanks for noticing (I'm thinking it's dependent on the monitor used, had the same thing on birdforum a while ago). Nice shot of the flowers, the softness of the yellow is pleasing and the bokeh seems to fit well in these this shot.
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adamz, here's an adult of the American race of the gull you posted. Adults of both American and many European are virtually identical.
D300 with 300 F4Posted 3 years ago #
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