My Equipment Wouldn't Let Me Get the Shot
Jul 26, 2021 22:21:26 #
I was visiting the local pond, which has a paved path on one side, and thick weeds on private property on the other. Usually the birds hang out on the far side (away from the path and people).
I had my most recent purchase a Canon 7d with a 400mm lens when I saw a heron. I took several images, then noticed something that has never happened before: the water was calm and showed a reflection. Great, I thought, I will get a shot of the heron and its reflection. There is a bank going down to the pond, and when I backed up the bank blocked the view of the heron. The bird was too close, and I didn't have a shorter focal length lens. The shot below was taken from as far back as could go.
I had my most recent purchase a Canon 7d with a 400mm lens when I saw a heron. I took several images, then noticed something that has never happened before: the water was calm and showed a reflection. Great, I thought, I will get a shot of the heron and its reflection. There is a bank going down to the pond, and when I backed up the bank blocked the view of the heron. The bird was too close, and I didn't have a shorter focal length lens. The shot below was taken from as far back as could go.
Jul 26, 2021 22:23:18 #
Jul 26, 2021 22:25:50 #
It's rare when a prime long lens overfills the frame but it does happen. There are times where a variable focal length is king.
Jul 26, 2021 22:27:23 #
Jul 26, 2021 23:21:36 #
rrmerkov wrote:
I was visiting the local pond, which has a paved p... (show quote)
You got the most important thing.. He's smiling. LOL
Jul 26, 2021 23:44:12 #
For the prime lens adherents - sometimes you can't zoom with your feet.
Jul 27, 2021 05:46:11 #
BadPhoto
Loc: Maryland
rrmerkov wrote:
I was visiting the local pond, which has a paved p... (show quote)
So, the next time that happens, lock your focus, scan your lens to cover the missing parts of the image, and take additional shots. You can stitch the shots together, just as with a panorama, to get the full image you want.
Jul 27, 2021 06:04:19 #
rrmerkov wrote:
I was visiting the local pond, which has a paved p... (show quote)
Very nice image!!!!!
Jul 27, 2021 06:24:13 #
BadPhoto wrote:
So, the next time that happens, lock your focus, scan your lens to cover the missing parts of the image, and take additional shots. You can stitch the shots together, just as with a panorama, to get the full image you want.
Good advice.
Jul 27, 2021 06:47:46 #
Jul 27, 2021 06:48:34 #
rrmerkov wrote:
I was visiting the local pond, which has a paved p... (show quote)
Steve Perry from BackCountry Gallery just did a article about this problem.. Check his site
Jul 27, 2021 06:51:45 #
For me, primes are always a bit too short or long. Composition and timing is more important to me than the few hairs of resolution "advantage" primes offer...
Jul 27, 2021 07:18:22 #
Jul 27, 2021 07:47:46 #
tcthome
Loc: NJ
Still a decent photo. When a zoom would of worked. Going vertical probably wouldn’t of helped if this photo isn’t cropped.
Jul 27, 2021 07:59:45 #
Equipment does not make the photographer. The photographer knows how to make his/her equipment work under less than idea circumstances. Anyone who hides behind the excuse they did not have the "right" equipment is admitting 1) Poor preparations or 2) poor knowledge of available (their own) equipment. A good photograph represents skill and effort. The excuses for a poor photograph range from "wrong equipment" to so many others that we don't have room here to list. The title of this post ranks right along with "My dog ate my homework."
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