{"id":8856,"date":"2012-11-03T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-03T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=8856"},"modified":"2012-11-03T07:03:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T13:03:00","slug":"swainsons-hawks-in-different-types-of-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/03\/swainsons-hawks-in-different-types-of-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Swainson’s Hawks In Different Types Of Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

It goes without saying that light angle, intensity and warmth can have huge effects on an image, both positive and negative.\u00a0 I thought it might be interesting to see the effects of different types of light on the same species – in this case, Swainson’s Hawks.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/160,\u00a0 f\/6.3, ISO 640, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Here, the sun was low and the light warm.\u00a0 The light was directional (side lighting the bird) but it worked pretty well because the darker parts of the bird are in the direct light.\u00a0 The head angle is just right for this pose – if the head were angled any more toward me I’d have lost the catch light and light on the face.\u00a0 If it were turned any more away from me I’d have lost good eye contact.<\/p>\n

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1\/1250,\u00a0 f\/5.6, ISO 640, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Like in the previous image, this\u00a0hawk is side lit.\u00a0 The difference is that the bird has its light, creamy colored belly facing the sun so the whites, though they’re not blown out,\u00a0are a tad too bright and lacking detail.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000,\u00a0 f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, natural light, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I took this image a little later in the morning, so the light wasn’t so warm and\u00a0at that angle\u00a0enough of it is reflecting up from the ground to give me sufficient detail in the\u00a0shaded, dark\u00a0 brown plumage under the bird.\u00a0 And there’s still plenty of detail in the whites.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/800,\u00a0 f\/6.3, ISO 800, 500 f\/4, natural light, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Because of menacing storm clouds moving in there was very little light when this was taken, which gives the image a very different “feel” that doesn’t appeal to everyone.\u00a0 I had to crank up the ISO of my 7D to 800,\u00a0which\u00a0usually produces some noticeable noise so I had to\u00a0use noise reduction on the background.\u00a0 And since I wasn’t using a tripod I knew that many of my images of this bird wouldn’t be very sharp so I rattled off quite a few shots in hopes of getting some that were acceptable.<\/p>\n

I hope you’ll forgive a little “photo geekiness” on a Saturday morning but I just couldn’t resist a post on the effects of light.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It goes without saying that light angle, intensity and warmth can have huge effects on an image, both positive and negative.\u00a0 I thought it might be interesting to see the effects of different types of light on the same species – in this case, Swainson’s Hawks.   \u00a01\/160,\u00a0 f\/6.3, ISO 640, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not baited, set up or called in Here, the sun was low and the light warm.\u00a0 The light was directional (side lighting the bird) but it worked pretty well because the darker parts of the bird are in the direct light.\u00a0 The head angle is just right for this pose – if the head were angled any more toward me I’d have lost the catch light and light on the face.\u00a0 If it were turned any more away from me I’d have lost good eye contact.     1\/1250,\u00a0 f\/5.6, ISO 640, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not baited, set up or called in Like in the previous image, this\u00a0hawk is side lit.\u00a0 The difference is that the bird has its light, creamy colored belly facing the sun so the whites, though they’re not blown out,\u00a0are a tad too bright and lacking detail.     1\/2000,\u00a0 f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, natural light, not baited, set up or called in I took this image a little later in the morning, so the light wasn’t so warm and\u00a0at that angle\u00a0enough of it is reflecting up from the ground to give me sufficient detail in the\u00a0shaded, dark\u00a0 brown plumage…<\/p>\n

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