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Bird of prey at the medieval fair in Chinchon, Spain
Bird of prey at the medieval fair in Chinchon, Spain
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Location
This photo was taken in the small Spanish town of Chinchon. They have a medieval market every year and that is where I took this photo. There was a group of falconers and conservationists that had some birds of prey in a tent.Time
This was taken in the afternoon, at around 3-4pm.Lighting
It was ambient lighting. The light was behind me and the bird was inside the tent.Equipment
I used a Nikon D7000. I did have an SB910 with me, but I'm no longer sure if I used it or not for this particular image.Inspiration
I don't get to see birds of prey all that much since I mostly live in cities and have done so most of my life. It was a rare opportunity (for me) to take some photos of these creatures without having glass or bars between me and the birds. I had a variety of lenses with me and I think I used just about every lens I had to photograph the birds. I think I spent a good hour with the birds taking photos.Editing
Yes, I used lightroom and the Nik plugins. I try to color correct as much as I can (after color correcting my monitor), then I bring out the details using photoshop and the plugins. This photo was taken about six years ago, so I'm not so sure about what kinds of post-processing I did. one of the things I have to make sure I do is not overly post-process the life out of the image. I know that is a big temptation that I have had in the past, but as you do more and more post-processing and photography you learn to make subtle changes that make more impact on the final image. In fact, one of these days I will have to go back to some of my earlier raw images and re-do them.In my camera bag
I normally had a DSLR in my bag, but I have slowly transitioned to mirrorless. I transitioned from Nikon to Sony and now I am using a Fuji XT-4. The thing I love about mirrorless cameras is that I can now use my collection of vintage lenses on these bodies. One of my favorite lenses is a 50mm F2.8 lens made in 1938. It takes amazing images with this vintage look that can't be easily replicated in photoshop. Now I usually just have my fuji XT-4, a Fuji 35mm F1.4 lens, an 85mm F1.8 lens and then some of my favorite vintage lenses like my Leica 50mm F2.8, 90mm F4, Minolta 50mm f1.4. This all fits into a tiny camera bag that would only hold my Nikon D7000 and my 17-35mm F2.8 lens.Feedback
Yes, practice with your camera. Get to know your lenses and their particular quirks especially if they are manual focus like my vintage lenses. I'm slowly getting away from the vintage lenses as my eyes deteriorate and as manually focusing becomes increasingly difficult which is why I've moved to the Fuji system and its incredibly fast focusing lenses.
