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've had that happen. Nice image, though.
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.
Not too common to have "too much lens" when birding!
rrmerkov wrote:
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.
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You got the most important thing.. He's smiling. LOL
For the prime lens adherents - sometimes you can't zoom with your feet.
rrmerkov wrote:
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.
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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.
rrmerkov wrote:
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.
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Steve Perry from BackCountry Gallery just did a article about this problem.. Check his site
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...
You can’t complain about that image.
Still a decent photo. When a zoom would of worked. Going vertical probably wouldn’t of helped if this photo isn’t cropped.
davidrb
Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel
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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