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Mar 15, 2013 00:15:05 #

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

Joe F.N. wrote:

vicksart wrote:

Really wonderful series.

I've had a lot of trouble with nuthatches. They don't seem to pose long enough for me to get decent shots.

Thank you Vicky.
If you're really nice to them they won't be so jittery.

I just know I'm going to hear from Erv again.

:D

Well that's just not fair! So, I guess you're telling me I have to kiss up to them....:-)

Mar 15, 2013 05:28:48 #

charile Loc: graham nc

Joe F.N. wrote:

The following two birds represent a challenge in pulling proper exposures in contrasting shades. This is where spot metering pays off.

both real nice shots, nuthatch are hard to get a good shot of,they move so fast .you got a good one. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Mar 15, 2013 05:31:58 #

Bret Loc: Dayton Ohio

Yes very nice shots indeed.

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Mar 15, 2013 06:47:01 #

Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania

Joe F.N. wrote:

The following two birds represent a challenge in pulling proper exposures in contrasting shades. This is where spot metering pays off.

Absolutely stunning Joe...perfectly exposed and tack sharp...love everything about these photos!!!

Mar 15, 2013 07:05:53 #

Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

Superb shots, the focusing and exposure excellent. Love them both. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Mar 15, 2013 07:29:58 #

treadwl Loc: South Florida

Joe F.N. wrote:

vicksart wrote:

Really wonderful series.

I've had a lot of trouble with nuthatches. They don't seem to pose long enough for me to get decent shots.

Thank you Vicky.
If you're really nice to them they won't be so jittery.

I just know I'm going to hear from Erv again.

:D

Forget hearing from Erv! You are going to hear from ME!!!!!
I don't even get to see them---and you are in "kiss and tell" mode?? Oh the unfairness of it all!! You know you can tell that bird where to go---(that would be south Florida)

Great shot however. And keep posting those nuthatches---that is about as close as I'm going to get to seeing one. :-)

(But HA!!!! I got a bobcat photo!!) :-)

Larry

Mar 15, 2013 07:30:10 #

PhotoArtsLA Loc: Boynton Beach

The dark backgrounds would tend to overexpose using averaging type metering, but a handheld incident meter, calibrated to the camera's working ISO, would make exposing such images easy.

That said, "spot metering" in a DSLR is really very narrow averaging metering, not a true spot, though it becomes more "spot" the more telephoto your lens, as it uses a percentage of the center of the image. The good thing about DSLRs is they generally can massage an exposure using of a database of comparative exposure values, but these only function in the auto exposure modes.

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Mar 15, 2013 07:59:10 #

jimward Loc: Perth, Western Australia

Mate, these are great shots, but I don't understand the terminology. Were you using in-camera metering or an external meter? This harks back to earlier threads about how important (or otherwise) it is to have a dedicated meter.

Mar 15, 2013 08:07:24 #

Macbadger Loc: Illinois

Both are great.

Mar 15, 2013 08:28:43 #

feywon Loc: south end of the Rockies

Lovely shots of the birds. The details very clear.

i prefer the 2nd in part because i find the branch on which that Chickadee perches a very visually interesting piece of wood...the colors and curving lines of it...i'd be playing with it in edit to isolate some of those patterns. But that's just my somewhat skewed perceptions.

Mar 15, 2013 09:10:27 #