gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

From the Venice Rookery. Taken with Canon 7D and Tamron 150-600mm lens. 1/1250 sec., -1/3 EV, F8, ISO 100, 350mm. Spot Focusing. Handheld.

Great Egret Landing

Mr PC Loc: Austin, TX

Love the composition. The contrast, the sense of movement and the bokeh are all very nice.

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

Thank you Mr. PC. Gary

jam Loc: Beaufort, NC

Great shot. How do you like the Tamron? Waiting for mine to be delivered.

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

jam, Thanks. I believe it is every bit as good as my other Canon L lenses. It is definitely worth the wait. Autofocus is slightly slower at 600mm, but not too bad, not as fast as my Canon L lenses. Very similar to all of the reviews I read prior to my purchase. Do a search on user Regis and he posted a lot of images he took after receiving. Or search Tamron 150-600. Gary

nikonlad Loc: Venice, FL

Great shot! Thanks for the shooting data...1/1250@ISO100...wonderful. Still waiting for my Tamron with Nikon mount. :cry:

jam Loc: Beaufort, NC

Thank you for the reply. Looking forward to getting the lens.

Jody

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

I feel for my Nikon shooting friends, it may be a while before it is available. Rumor has it that Canon and Tamron exchanged Canon's autofocus algorithm for exclusive release for Canon only for initial new lens offers. Not sure if this is true, but appears so. Gary

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

:thumbup: :thumbup:

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

Yes,yes,yes,& yes!

birdpix Loc: South East Pennsylvania

It is a nice shot but is a bit underexposed.
What was the metering mode? Why did you set it to -1/3 EV?

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

birdpix, Spot metering as noted above. I got the blinkies, so had to change ev to compensate. Gary

birdpix Loc: South East Pennsylvania

Gary, I'm not trying to be nit-picky but I believe one of the functions of this specialty forum is for people to learn what it takes to get good BIF/BOW pictures. You didn't specify "Spot Metering" but rather "Spot Focus" hence my question.

If you had spot metered from the white bird, you would not have gotten the blinkies but rather a middle gray bird. That would have required +EV. If you were, indeed, spot metering, perhaps the spot was on the dark background which would have overexposed the bird significantly. The alternative was that you were in " Evaluative" metering which, if the bird took up a relatively small portion of the image, would have also returned the bird slightly overexposed.

You have a situation with a bird that is well lit against a shaded background. That is a recipe for problems. In these cases, I usually opt for manual exposure off of something near neutral gray. Unless the range of exposures is extreme, this will usually give you detail at both ends of the range. An alternative is to spot meter off the bird and adjust exposure upward. This works well with scenes where the range is too great for the sensor to record it. In the end, the bird must be exposed to show its true whiteness but still retain feather detail. The background might be very dark, but that's just the way it is.

As it is, the image is ever so slightly underexposed which could be easily adjusted in post processing.

You have a very nice picture here with the floliage in the birds mouth. It would have been nice to be able to download it so we could see the details. I look forward to seeing more from that lens!

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

Birdpix, Sorry, I was not being grumpy. I did use spot metering, not focus. I do appreciate the feedback, I was having a bad day, but was able to salvage the image, as seen. Went to the everglades and Merritt Island and will edit over the next few weeks as we have company through next week. Will post when I can. Gary