Want to really catch this guy
Oct 28, 2013 03:40:20 #
I am shooting with 70-200 f2.8 Sigma attached to T2i. Using Aperture priority f2.8 @ 100 ASA. Handheld Auto focus, RAW. Did some PP mostly exposure and some minor details. Cropped to bring him into forefront. I want greater sharpness, detail. These are tough little buggers to shoot as they flit very quickly. I am able to get fairly close but am thinking that I need a longer throw to capture real detail. Yea close means about twenty to thirty feet.
Oct 28, 2013 04:57:10 #
Pretty good detail in the tree trunk.
I quite like this shot.
I suppose if he was looking at you or your way you might feel a little different.
I quite like this shot.
I suppose if he was looking at you or your way you might feel a little different.
Oct 28, 2013 05:28:58 #
Oct 28, 2013 06:51:22 #
Oct 28, 2013 09:08:38 #
RAK wrote:
I am shooting with 70-200 f2.8 Sigma attached to T2i. Using Aperture priority f2.8 @ 100 ASA. Handheld Auto focus, RAW. Did some PP mostly exposure and some minor details. Cropped to bring him into forefront. I want greater sharpness, detail. These are tough little buggers to shoot as they flit very quickly. I am able to get fairly close but am thinking that I need a longer throw to capture real detail. Yea close means about twenty to thirty feet.
Nice photo of an Acorn woodpecker at work. Yup, you're going to need a much longer reach to get any detail (unless you overcrop and do some real good PP). I think you've included too much of his surroundings. My eye wanders all over the image counting acorns and not focusing on the subject. Most birds don't stick around long, but woodpeckers are a little more antsy than your average bird. How's this look to you.
http://toths.us/GJT/i.php?/upload/2013/10/28/20131028091245-d46c1cdd-la.jpg
Oct 28, 2013 10:58:20 #
Actually I want to get the kind of detail and sharpness that I see in your close ups of birds. I guess I am just going to have to get a longer lens.
Oct 28, 2013 11:04:42 #
RAK wrote:
Actually I want to get the kind of detail and sharpness that I see in your close ups of birds. I guess I am just going to have to get a longer lens.
Sometimes we just have to bite the bullet, RAK. I suppose if there's a good part, it's that the prices of used lenses are coming down a bit (depending on what you're going for). I lucked out and picked up my used Bigma at over $400 less than I would have had to pay for it new and it's in immaculate condition. Like you, I wanted to get the detail and IQ I was seeing other guys get. I did have to wait until I got the price I was willing to buy, but it was well-worth the wait. :)
Oct 29, 2013 14:34:34 #
Nov 1, 2013 13:22:20 #
Photoman74 wrote:
:thumbup: Where is the tripod?
These guy's don't hold still long enough to work with a tripod. I did just aquire a mono pod that might work with these guy's.
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