Trevor O’Connell took first place in Grade C in the recent Group ‘Silhouette’ Competition with the image below. Here’s how he did it:

“For this shot, I knew if the sky was good there would be a lot of birds flocking around this tree at sunset. It’s always that way. When I heard the crows screeching I rushed out and took a few shots handheld.”

“Later, I processed the image in Lightroom, I reduced the noise, sharpened the details and used the split toning function to bring out the pinks in the sky as there was a lot more blue in it to start with. A small crop was needed to cut out half a crow.”

“Canon Eos 6d, 70 – 200 f4l @ 200m, iso 800, F4, AV.”

Well done Trevor.

See also:

ECCG ‘Silhouette’ Competition – 20/5/14
How I took that Shot – Karen Fleming
How I took that Shot – Kevin Barry