Help With BIF Pics
Aug 24, 2020 09:34:50 #
Travelin' Bud wrote:
Hi all. I'm REALLY struggling with using the proper focusing grid, especially for birds in flight and am hoping you all might help me out. Using my Canon T6i with the Tamron 18-400 lens. I have the camera set on continuous focus. Which of the attached screens, if any, should I be using? Thank you in advance for helping a fella out.
Bud
Bud
19 point AUTO.... for BIF, - otherwise for static subjects center point only.
As usual, a WIDE variance of opinions here !! 8-(
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Aug 24, 2020 11:42:18 #
An example might save another 1000 words / responses. Here's a real example, using the 9-point zone on an EOS 5DIII, other brands / models have 9- or 12-point zones that operate similar. I had the birds passing at moderate speeds and roughly similar distances, alone and in small groups heading into the sun toward a corn field just behind my position. I could not keep a single point nor expanded single point (5-points) on the birds while panning. The zone proved the best option.
Note the exposure too. 1/1600 was more than fast enough to freeze this large bird. In the bright sun shining directly onto the bird, I would use a smaller aperture (f/10) at ISO-800 to capture the bird wing-tip to wing-tip in sharp focus and to allow for AF points on the body rather than directly over the eye, where the eye still came in sharply focused.
Note the exposure too. 1/1600 was more than fast enough to freeze this large bird. In the bright sun shining directly onto the bird, I would use a smaller aperture (f/10) at ISO-800 to capture the bird wing-tip to wing-tip in sharp focus and to allow for AF points on the body rather than directly over the eye, where the eye still came in sharply focused.
Aug 24, 2020 19:52:37 #
ThreeCee
Loc: Washington, DC
Your advice is spot on. Bird Photography is some of the most difficult I have done. A good book is Digital Bird Photography. It is an online book and a wealth of info. It’s a reason the pros use 1DX.. with 500 f4, 1.4 teleconverter, tripod, flash, better Beamer Extender. You can get good results with lesser gear but grow into it. It is expensive to get consistent pro results.
Aug 25, 2020 22:30:41 #
Fotoartist wrote:
I agree with this and would add, shoot horizontal it's a lot easier and more accurate. And just center the subject, the focus sensors are better in the center and then you can crop down in post. That's my formula.
me too
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