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Ecliptic 2
Ecliptic 2
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Date: Jun 19, 2012
Aperture: 11.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Studio, Birds
Date Uploaded: Jun 26, 2012

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A wildlife shot with artificial light. This is a Martial Eagle. If you're working with captive birds, why settle for natural lighting anyway? This was originally meant to be shot with three good wireless strobes, but one failed (aka broke into pieces) at the start of the shoot. Ouch, my wallet. So i decided to take a low-key shot instead. Here the flash is zoomed in to 70mm, about 6ft from the bird on the left. This is actually in broad daylight but against a dark background. Glass stopped down to f/11 at ISO100 and flash sync shutter speed means that you don't see any natural light at all though, and the angle of incidence of the light makes the eye glow nicely without any need for postprocessing.

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