http://www.flickr.com/photos/crawdog/tags/birdhouse/ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:07:14 -0800 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:07:14 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm1.staticflickr.com/209/buddyicons/8098254@N04.jpg?1185452613#8098254@N04 http://www.flickr.com/photos/crawdog/tags/birdhouse/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/crawdog/3061905399/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/crawdog/">crawdog</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/crawdog/3061905399/" title="Pygmy Falcon"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3215/3061905399_1e66097ecc_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="Pygmy Falcon" /></a></p> <p>Photo by me. Lighting by Nikographer. This photo was taken this past summer. I bumped into Jon and we experimented with some shots in the Bird House using extreme off-camera flash. In this case the remote flash is positioned off to the the way lower-right; I cloned out the reflection of the flash in the falcon's eye.<br /> <br /> The direction of the light really accentuates the texture of the feathers on the head.<br /> <br /> Most of the enclosures in the Bird House have a protective plastic mesh that keeps the birds in the enclosure; some have glass. The problem with the plastic mesh is that it lights up when exposed to flash. By using an off-camera flash, one can avoid this problem. The flash also had a diy bounce card attached to it. Next time, I'll use a soft-box.<br /> <br /> While I took this photo, I believe that Jon's lighting makes this shot. Thanks! Conversely, Jon's shots probably suck because I was in charge of the lighting!:-)</p> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:07:14 -0800 2008-07-13T12:55:54-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (crawdog) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3061905399 Pygmy Falcon <p>Photo by me. Lighting by Nikographer. This photo was taken this past summer. I bumped into Jon and we experimented with some shots in the Bird House using extreme off-camera flash. In this case the remote flash is positioned off to the the way lower-right; I cloned out the reflection of the flash in the falcon's eye.<br /> <br /> The direction of the light really accentuates the texture of the feathers on the head.<br /> <br /> Most of the enclosures in the Bird House have a protective plastic mesh that keeps the birds in the enclosure; some have glass. The problem with the plastic mesh is that it lights up when exposed to flash. By using an off-camera flash, one can avoid this problem. The flash also had a diy bounce card attached to it. Next time, I'll use a soft-box.<br /> <br /> While I took this photo, I believe that Jon's lighting makes this shot. Thanks! Conversely, Jon's shots probably suck because I was in charge of the lighting!:-)</p> crawdog zoo smithsonian birdhouse nationalzoo fonz pygmyfalcon nzp