kooshball wrote:
these are so good! how are you getting so low to the water? are you in a prone position?
excellent shots. i especially love the with the giant water bubble
Thank you.
I rarely lie down, unless the birds are really skittish. I just flip up the screen, squat and hold the lens an inch or two above the ground. There's enough weight on the lens to help you stay balanced.
Some of my friends use a similar approach, but placing the tripod foot on the tip of their shoes while using a finger on the hood to maneuver it instead.
phishbone wrote:
Some of my friends use a similar approach, but placing the tripod foot on the tip of their shoes while using a finger on the hood to maneuver it instead.
Actually the correct technique is placing the batterygrip on the toe of your shoe and using the finger on the hood
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 7:20 PM.
Looking at our blooming White Dogwood white Bracts and flowers in the center of each of the 4 Bracts.
Cropped a little from both sides and bottom, Tripod mounted A1 and Voigtlander 110mm f2.5 Macro Apo-Lanthar, FE mount; silent shutter. Leofoto MP-180S Focusing Rail used to position the camera on the tripod with 11" Variable Friction Arm attached to the rail to mount, postion, and aim the Ulanzi VL-49 RGB LED light to supplement the lighting (set to 5500 degrees K at 100 %).
ISO 400, f11, 1/60 Second (in some wind).
Exposure Corrected +0.44 Stops.
May 10, 2022
In my garden bed in front of my home; Breinigsville, PA.
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 2:31 PM.
Looking down and across a portion of the City of Napoli (Naples) from the top of Castel Nuovo (New Castle) (it was windy).
Cropped from top, Hand Held, relying on Camera IBIS, A1 and Voigtlander 50mm f2 Apo-Lanthar Asph, FE mount; silent shutter.
ISO 100, f8, 1/250 second.
March 20, 2022
From the top of Castel Nuovo (New Castle), Napoli (Naples), Italy.
