Great shot Tim! Nice to see your still around too. Where you been hiding?
I was worried by the title and thought "oh crap, I gottat move one to the NATURE FORUM" ......lol
JS
Canon 1D
Canon 1D MK II N
Canon 70-200mm USM IS f2.8
Canon 200mm f1.8 USM
Canon 300mm f2.8 USM IS
Canon 28-300mm USM IS f3.5-5.6
Canon 50mm f1.8
Vivitar 19-35mm f3.5-5.6
Nice shooting - how low to the ground were you for this shot.
Roger
"I hope we will never see the day when photo shops sell little schema grills to clamp onto our viewfinders; and the Golden Rule will never be found etched on our ground glass."from The mind's eye by Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Canon 5D; EF100-400 F4.5-5.6L IS USM; EF24-70 F2.8L USM 50mm F1.8 II; EF 100 F2.8 Macro Digital
Canon Powershot Pro 1; Canon Ixus 100
Just your normal levels, and added saturation I do on all my shots. I only shoot RAW, and RAW files straight out of the camera are very boring and dull. It was really that dark.
Also, it was shot wide open at f/2.8 with the 300mm IS lense, hence the shallow DOF.
# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 1/500 second = 0.00200 second
# Lens F-Number/F-Stop = 280/100 = F2.80
# Exposure Program = aperture priority (3)
# ISO Speed Ratings = 100
# Exif Version = 0;;;
# Original Date/Time = 2007:08:11 19:07:49
# Digitization Date/Time = 2007:08:11 19:07:49
# Exposure Bias (EV) = 0/1000 = 0.00
# Metering Mode = average (1)
# Light Source / White Balance = unknown (0)
# Flash = Flash did not fire
# Focal Length = 3000/10 mm = 300.00 mm
# User Comment (Hex) = ASCII;;;
User Comment Character Code = unknown
# Colour Space = sRGB (1)
# Image Width = 875 pixels
# Image Height = 595 pixels
# Custom Rendered = normal process (0)
# Exposure Mode = auto exposure (0)
# White Balance = auto (0)
# Scene Capture Type = standard (0)
# Contrast = normal (0)
# Saturation = normal (0)
# Sharpness = normal (0)