Mute Swan from a great day in Great Meadows NWR in Concord, MA. Absolutely loving the 5D3 AF.. got a few other good shots Saturday but still catching up on the computer. If I do this much I'm going to want a better Beamer.. but this was a "surprise". I was not watching this swan (and it's mate) when they took off I was shooting something in the opposite direction.. I had to spin around fast to try and aquire them. First 3 shots were of the 2 birds together, and the camera did not lock on fast enough. (Probably me) The next 5 were all of this bird and all are sharp.. but I definitely could have used some fill flash on the face.
Tenn.Jer wrote:
Here are a couple of perched swallows (Tree swallows, I think) from my week in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Not much nature photography going on, but I'll post some things as I work through images...
I tried a lot of in flight captures, and my keeper rate was one in about six hundred; that's "one", not "one per cent", and it was too far away and a silhouette to boot...oh well, some things are best left to luck and the masters...
Both with the 400mm f/4 DO lens.
Jerry
Yep, they are hard to capture in flight - I shot about 150 frames in one sitting and only had one in focus of the lot... and in that one half the bird was cut off by the edge of the frame! So I'm running a 0% keeper rate on in flight Tree Swallows.
Much easier when they are sitting still for a moment - nice captures!
kbperry810, thanks for the empathy - its always good to know I'm not alone!
And what a great morning for you, arbitrage - so many good shots in one day - must be Birdland, Yukon...
(and I saw the VGSIF )
Tenn.Jer wrote:
kbperry810, thanks for the empathy - its always good to know I'm not alone!
And what a great morning for you, arbitrage - so many good shots in one day - must be Birdland, Yukon...
(and I saw the VGSIF )
Jerry
Really nice shooting there folks, thanks for sharing...
Nothing but rain/drizzle here until Sunday...some down-time to learn LR 3.6 before making the jump to LR 4. Then onto Seattle/Anchorage
Hey there, Edd; it's a wonder you find time for shooting at all, considering your travels...
fly safe...
I've been using LR 3.5 for about a year; I open Photoshop (Elements 9, actually) only when I need layers or extensive cloning - I've never gotten comfortable with LR's cloning tool. Oh, and I usually re-size in PSE also; self-teaching these software programs tends to leave gaps in my workflow that send me back to either the "old way", or to one of those thick computer tomes...
Post-processing is a necessary evil, for me at least...
Still, cheaper than film development.
Just spotted your reply; thanks for your info on LR. I am holding off on PS for now, as I want to see if I really need it at this point. I'm not doing billboards nor national marketing ads in the near (or far) future .
I try to grab a few shots here and there when and where I can. Shooting the alien craft at A51 can be a real drag though; look for a thread by FM'er "Jefferson"!
Taking the SD1100IS, G10, and T1i for gun and run on this trip, and rent whatever else I can get quick.
A segue from the bird theme - messing around down by the river, playing at water abstracts.
5D, 70-200mm f/2.8L non-IS, Hoya circular polariser. And as the topic has come up - processed in LR3.6. I rarely go near PS nowadays, which is probably wise because i'm not really very good with it.
We had the unusual coincidence of a national holiday (May Day) and glorious sunshine. Seemed a shame to waste it sitting indoors. The pics came out better than i expected - i normally get poor results shooting with the sun so high, and i almost always try to shoot water with long exposures.
Engineering conference done, and the sun is breaking through!
John T: Nice shot of the shy fox...the 400 f5.6 works well for you.
15Bit: My picks are #2-3...very nice. Try some at 1/2 sec if you have some ND filters around. I just picked up a 3-stop and 10-stop 77mm to try my luck with the moving aqua. I'll post if better than "meh"
Good to see zero drama on this thread; I tried to help someone out that was being burned at the stake about comments he made about the 7D and Canon technology. It didn't seem to go in the direction I hoped...
15Bit: My picks are #2-3...very nice. Try some at 1/2 sec if you have some ND filters around. I just picked up a 3-stop and 10-stop 77mm to try my luck with the moving aqua. I'll post if better than "meh"
I do have some ND's around, but using them requires me to plan ahead and take the tripod. Tuesday was a family walk with camera, and even taking the shots you see here had my other half sitting on a rock with junior looking bored. Setting up the tripod would have probably meant no dinner for a few days.
Good to see zero drama on this thread; I tried to help someone out that was being burned at the stake about comments he made about the 7D and Canon technology. It didn't seem to go in the direction I hoped...
I think we all save our drama for the other threads. Hard to pick an argument here anyway - this is the thread where we show what our cameras *can* do, not what they can't do.
Peter: What exactly were you trying to get in photo #4....
A short hike out back in between the fog-drizzle-rain today. And now as I type this the sun is trying to break through. No photos of the "Super Moonrise" tonight in this area; NOAA weather shows little chance of clearing til Monday. At least I get to fly out of here in clear skies for the first leg of my trip.
Question: Has anyone here used the HDR option yet in the new DPP update? Please PM me if you have...thanks.
Shots today on the 7D, with the FD 500mm f4.5L (MF) up in front, all hand-held.
Nice wildlife shots Edd, and good to see Peter trying out new genres.
A couple of flower shots from me too, again from bright and sunny May Day so i went for the shaded ones under the trees. 70-200mm again, and with the polariser as the damn thing got stuck on the lens. Does pop the colours a bit though.
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