The shot was cool but would it have been possible to get the whole goose in focus? He was moving and I had the camera on continuous mode so I wouldn't miss anything but... His body is in focus but his wings aren't which I'm not sure if that contributes to the effect of it or it detracts... The same thing happened with the second one...His face is out of focus but he was moving...Thought I had it on a high enough shutter speed...The question is...shutter speed or focus issues or something else?
I'm also not crazy about the sky reflection in the water (1st pic) the blue streaks it look really strange..Seems like the whole color is off.I guess I'll have to fix that in C1. I like the ripples in the water though...
TriX
Loc: Raleigh, NC
What aperture, shutter speed and ISO?
1. f 3.2 ISO 100 1/1250
2. f. 3.2 ISO 100 1/800
TriX wrote:
What aperture, shutter speed and ISO?
Had the camera on auto for a bit then I tried AP and SP
TriX
Loc: Raleigh, NC
My take would be that the large aperture (f3.2) is causing a shallow depth of field, thus the reason for the wings being slightly out of focus. If you moved the ISO up to 400 or 800 you could shoot at a higher f stop (smaller aperture) and increase your depth of field substantially on the first shot. More experienced BIF members on the forum may have other suggestions.
To get the entire goose in focus, increase ISO, which will allow you to use a smaller aperture and thereby achieve a greater depth of field. To diminish sky reflection on the water, utilizing a polarizing filter can take care of it easily.
A higher f/stop would have increased depth of field and likely would have produced a sharper image. At f/3.2 if your focus point was a bit in front of the bird, the bird would have stood a good chance of being out of focus.
mill_A you are overly self critical, that first shot is great really !
aren't we all our own worst critics?
TucsonCoyote wrote:
mill_A you are overly self critical, that first shot is great really !
If you stopped down to f/11 then the whole goose would be in focus. But in doing so, you'ld have to increase the ISO to compensate so that your shutter speed would be high enough to stop the action. If not, you'd have action blur.
jeep_daddy wrote:
If you stopped down to f/11 then the whole goose would be in focus. But in doing so, you'ld have to increase the ISO to compensate so that your shutter speed would be high enough to stop the action. If not, you'd have action blur.
Side note! I had always thought your avatar was a shift handle on a sports car. I was so wrong. As for the goose, we are so caught up with using the lowest ISO, for BIF I first look to see how much light I have to work with and set the ISO so that I have the shutter speed I need to freeze the action. Sometimes a little wing tip blur can add to the photo if it's not overdone. There are artist that do shoot with a slow shutter to achieve that movement on purpose. As has been said you can always decrease the aperture for more DOF and there are many ways to skin the cat.
bdk
Loc: Sanibel Fl.
I think you would have been better at f8 or F11 or maybe even smaller f16, changes the Bokeh.
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