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I was driving down a gravel road that bisects a large forest in my area. I just came from a water reservoir watching osprey feed, when I noticed something in the woods. Against my better judgment I stopped to say hi. The camera was sitting on the passenger seat so I said why not. I slowly pointed the lens out the window. Thinking she was going to leave I never changed the settings. I tried to auto focus but the D500 was not having it with all the clutter. Slowly I rolled the focus ring until something became clear in the viewfinder. Rolled off a few shots then put the camera back down on the seat and drove away. She never flinched and watched me drive away like I was a long lost friend saying goodbye.
When I got home and went through the photos of the day the better half liked this picture the best. I didn't spend much time on it thinking it was no good. The settings were all wrong. The camera and lens were wrong. If I had known she was going to stay there and offer tea I would have grabbed the D850 and 300pf out of the bag but I didn't have any crumpets to offer so I was pushing my luck with her already. The wife wants a print of this so what she wants she gets. I will run this through some denoise before I print. My question is do you think this works and is there anything you think to improve it. I did some slight global edits and no cropping. D500 600mmf4E+1.4TC 1/2500 sec. f/6.3 iso 2000
When I got home and went through the photos of the day the better half liked this picture the best. I didn't spend much time on it thinking it was no good. The settings were all wrong. The camera and lens were wrong. If I had known she was going to stay there and offer tea I would have grabbed the D850 and 300pf out of the bag but I didn't have any crumpets to offer so I was pushing my luck with her already. The wife wants a print of this so what she wants she gets. I will run this through some denoise before I print. My question is do you think this works and is there anything you think to improve it. I did some slight global edits and no cropping. D500 600mmf4E+1.4TC 1/2500 sec. f/6.3 iso 2000
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