About the Image(s)

It is a nice example for the sacrifices we photographers bring for our hobby ;-) We spent spring holidays in Marbella in the south of Spain. We walked along the beach and had already had two coffees when we arrived at the next restaurant. So we decided for a first glass of white wine at 11 am :-o We then just sat there looking at the waves for the next hours (with an occasional refill). There were beds at the beach and I aimed to take pictures of birds flying by between the wooden bars for the curtains. I did quite a lot over the next 4 to 5 hours and the below was the very last.

As I had no clue where the birds were passing by, I needed a substantial depth of field, why I used ISO 1600 to get f 18 at the speed of 1/2000 seconds. I firstly was a bit disappointed that the bird in this particular wasn’t sharp, but over time started to like it, as it reflects the movement of the bird compared to the bed. I converted in LR to BW and then added a radial mask on the bird to darken the edges (I cut the mask at the wooden bars left and right). With a linear mask I slightly darkened the bottom.

I plan to use the picture “beach bird� as cover to my forthcoming book and exhibition and would appreciate any builds.