Best Piece of Advice
Nov 27, 2011 12:53:20 #
Nov 27, 2011 12:56:55 #
Sue-Jim
Loc: Missouri
Amazing eagle shot, Swamp Gator. I've seen eagles around here, but never close enough for a shot other than "there's an eagle in there somewhere"
Nov 27, 2011 13:04:44 #
Sue-Jim
Loc: Missouri
My best advice (to myself) is: Always carry your camera with you, easily accessible, with fully charged batteries & empty cards. I've missed some great shots when I didn't follow that. Most regretted: The adult bald eagle standing like a statue in a harvested soy bean field - looking like he was standing guard for 5 half-grown eagles (they were all black) feeding on the ground -- these were just about 30 feet from our car & stayed there when we stopped the car to watch them. I've tried to carry it since!
Nov 27, 2011 13:05:18 #
Being as I take about 60% of my pictures off a moving motorcycle holding the camera in my left hand. I keep it in the Auto mode mostly. Gotta be ready to shoot in seconds or the scene is pasted. I hate to do U turns , Unless it's something super fantastic. I also use a bit of negative comp. And, but seldom, S priority at about 125.
Nov 27, 2011 14:09:08 #
achesley wrote:
Please take this in the spirit with which I say it - PLEASE be careful - that is a recipe for disaster. I don't care if you've been doing it that way since World War II. That kind of practice is why ER personnel call motorcycle riders "Rolling Organ Donors".Being as I take about 60% of my pictures off a moving motorcycle holding the camera in my left hand.
Nov 27, 2011 14:21:16 #
[quote=gessman][quote=Swamp Gator]
My wife tells me I have an uncanny talent for it!
MarkH wrote:
Something I recently read on Ken Rockwell's site.
Before taking a picture, FART first.
F - Feel....what made you "feel" like taking a particular picture?
A - Ask....what exactly is it that you want to capture about the scene you "felt" like taking a picture of?
R - Refine....compose, frame and focus on your image.
T - Take the shot
Before taking a picture, FART first.
F - Feel....what made you "feel" like taking a particular picture?
A - Ask....what exactly is it that you want to capture about the scene you "felt" like taking a picture of?
R - Refine....compose, frame and focus on your image.
T - Take the shot
My wife tells me I have an uncanny talent for it!
Nov 27, 2011 14:29:34 #
That is a rare and wonderous shot. I love it. The clarity is amazing and composition fantastic. Thanks. I have a couple of eagles hunting from a broken top next door to my coast home in Oregon. We have some good shot but NOTHING like that. At the moment we are on the Big Island for a couple of months. No eagles but fantastic fish. Seriously, looking at this picture made my day.
Nov 27, 2011 14:37:36 #
on reflexes,
older and slower, zoom out a little to improve chances to get the moving subject in the frame.
when i was younger i used a target rifle, now i use a shotgun.
older and slower, zoom out a little to improve chances to get the moving subject in the frame.
when i was younger i used a target rifle, now i use a shotgun.
Nov 27, 2011 15:37:50 #
chuckisdale
Loc: Warrenville, IL
Great advice, acronyms, and images!
Long ago, I subscribed to a Fred Picker publication, and he wrote that he knew exactly how long it took to setup his tripod and view camera - he practiced blind-folded - and timed himself.
I have translated that for myself into: Know you equipment, what the settings are, and how to change them "blind".
Long ago, I subscribed to a Fred Picker publication, and he wrote that he knew exactly how long it took to setup his tripod and view camera - he practiced blind-folded - and timed himself.
I have translated that for myself into: Know you equipment, what the settings are, and how to change them "blind".
Nov 27, 2011 17:09:54 #
georgebs
Loc: Georgia
Would you please tell us how you got this picture and what the camera was and it's settings. This qualifies as one of the best photographs I have ever seen. Thanks a lot. Oops, I am referring to the Eagle.
Nov 27, 2011 17:10:14 #
Nov 27, 2011 17:11:19 #
photogrl57 wrote:
Breathe ~
Because taking a pic is like shooting a gun to hit a target....about control :)
Nov 27, 2011 17:30:28 #
nejanet
Loc: Nebraska
Steady yourself and take as many shots as you can of your subject.....
And it hurts a lot less today than when you had to pay to have them printed......lol.....
And it hurts a lot less today than when you had to pay to have them printed......lol.....
Nov 27, 2011 20:03:19 #
Nov 27, 2011 20:23:39 #
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