A fellow fisherman
Jul 21, 2013 19:51:31 #
Jul 21, 2013 20:57:55 #
Jul 21, 2013 23:21:58 #
Jul 22, 2013 02:09:28 #
Probably ate all the fish before you got there.
Jane Ga wrote:
This guy hung out with us all day.. None of us caught anything :cry:
Jul 22, 2013 13:59:35 #
Jul 22, 2013 15:18:48 #
Jul 22, 2013 19:50:21 #
Thanks guys... He is a funny looking bird for sure. It's almost cheating when they just stand there letting you snap away.
Jul 22, 2013 22:02:19 #
Jul 23, 2013 07:33:59 #
Jul 24, 2013 18:22:02 #
Nice work! You need to be very carefull about DOF when shooting birds head on with such long beaks. In the first shot, the tip of the beak is just a little soft. The eyes are sharp and that is of #1 importance, so you're OK on that. the next time you get that opportunity, use a smaller aperture or back off the focus just a tad to include the tip in the DOF! Remember that with these longer lenses, the closer you are to the subject the shallower the DOF gets and the split is not the old rule of 1/3 in front 2/3 in back of the point of focus but nearly 50-50!
Jul 24, 2013 22:08:19 #
Hi Birdpix,
If I understand you correctly, you are saying I should have use a f11 or f16 for better DOF?
If I understand you correctly, you are saying I should have use a f11 or f16 for better DOF?
Jul 25, 2013 09:29:26 #
Jane Ga wrote:
Hi Birdpix,
If I understand you correctly, you are saying I should have use a f11 or f16 for better DOF?
If I understand you correctly, you are saying I should have use a f11 or f16 for better DOF?
Yes, that would have helped. As close as you were, the background would still have been blurred so there would be good separation. Alternately you could have focussed on the nostril rather than the eye. Then the eyes and the tip of the beak would have been within the DOF at f/8.
Jul 25, 2013 11:02:42 #
Jul 26, 2013 21:47:36 #
I am no expert but it looks like an immature great blue heron. I love the eye capture in 1.
Jul 31, 2013 09:36:37 #
Jane Ga wrote:
This guy hung out with us all day.. None of us caught anything :cry:
i like all of them...thanks for sharing!
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