THANK YOU ALL. GREAT INFO TO CHEW OVER.
Good point. I was using a Sony A 6500 camera with the Sony E 3.5 - 6.3/ 18 - 200 lens, and shooting Raw. I wanted to freeze the motion as much as possible. I also planned to use Light Room and PS to pull the picture out of the shadows.
What camera settings would you use in a situation like this: I was shooting an outdoor ballet performance at dusk when the light was quickly falling. There were general flood lights on the stage but no spotlight on the performers. Often the the dancers were moving very quickly. The dancers were 5 to 50 feet away from me.
I have the a6500 camera for over a year and am completely happy with it. The quality of pictures are outstanding, and I am very happy with the low light performance of the camera.
I have the Sony A 6500 camera and use the Sony E 3.5 - 6.3/ 18 200 OSS lens. I am very pleased with it. You can get good deals on the used lens market.
For post processing I would suggest downloading the NIK collection. It is free and a bit dated, but in its day I think it was on a par with Photoshop. There are also free on line tutorials for NIK.
I would set your camera to Aperture Priority at aprox. f 8 - 11, set your metering mode to spot metering and then meter off a duller part of a white bird. This will properly expose the white birds and then in post processing you can pull details out of the under exposed dark colors. Remember the saying "expose for the whites".
The best thing I like about Mike Brown's tutorials is that he tells you his thought process as he is taking his pictures, and when he is working on them in post process.
I FOUND MIKE BROWN TO BE A VERY INFORMATIVE PHOTO TUTORIAL SITE. ANTHONY MORGANTI IS ALSO VERY GOOD. FRONOSPHOTO IS EDGY AND GOOD. I TEACH PHOTOGRAPHY AND OFTEN REFER MY STUDENTS TO THESE SITES.
Will someone please post what the actual law is in Canada about photographing people in public?
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Nice DOF, sharp focus where it is important, good catch light in eye on #1 #2. I think #2 the best because the bird is looking at the viewer. #1 the leaf is is a distraction, #3 can't see the eye.
Good shooting. In nature not every shot is a winner, #2 is a winner. Keep it up.
I think Budapest is a photographer's dream. Be sure to check out the Chain Bridge, the Capital area and views from the Capital area, and the area where St Matias is and the views from there of the Parliament building. There is a Belgium Pub [Belga Sorozo] on the Danube River on the opposite side from the Parliament Building that cannot be beat.
When it is sunny out, I just meter off the blue sky, and the exposure is right for me.