The Steppe

[Amit Gupta]

Steppe Eagle, Outskirts of Bikaner, Rajasthan, Dec,2010.

EOS 40D + EF400L F5.6, Handheld at 1/1600; f5.6; ISO 200

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice flight pose captured. The wing spread looks good. Increasing the ISO to 400 and using a slight narrower aperture would have been good. Have you done any sharpening? Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Agree with the previous comment. I like the wing spread. Is this a large crop? Some more space at top and bottom would have been better. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Amit Gupta]

Thanks,

Sabyasachi, this is about 80% of the original frame. got the birds fairly low.

Mridul, Little sharpening(+2 pts in DPP) applied over the in -camera default.

In good light I try keep low ISO, hence 200 against normally 400 on this combo. BIF are often fleeting opportunities and i consider myself lucky if i can change any setting at all.

I prefer to keep the aperture open unless i need depth, this lens is supposed to be as sharp wide open as narrowed down. SS helps always?

however recently did try keeping narrower apertures when shooting with another lens (ef70-300IS) and difficult situations - fast 'snapping'. will share some soon.