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Swamp birdsA few bird shots from a local lagoon.
Comments/suggestions please. I'm still struggling with this birding stuff. f/9, 1/100, 400mm, SB-800, handheld f/9, 1/640, 400mm, handheld f/9, 1/500, 400mm SB-800, handheld
Actually I think that if this is you struggling then I would love to see the images where you aren't....
They are good, colours, compostion, sharpness etc I can't see anything to complain about at all..and I'm a women so thats really saying something...*wink*
Have to agree with Bindii here, Cards. Ripper shots! A little hot highlight on the back feathers in the first one but what a magic composition. Great stuff.
Simon
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The birds in flight are slightly 'soft' looking - if this is what you mean by struggling - I think you need to prioritise shutter speed more on the moving photos.
I see they are at f9 - if you are doing this for sharpness, you lose a lot more from motion blur. However it does help with DOF. Try around f4/f6 and shutter speeds faster than 1/1000. You can fix up the sharpness in PP. D3 | 18-200VR | 50:1.4 | 28:2.8 | 35-70 2.8 | 12-24 f4
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As Simon and Bindii say, if these are showing that you're struggling, I'm really looking forward to seeing some examples of your competence.
I must say that I really love the third of these: it just screams at me "I can fly! I can fly!" while all the while looking exactly as if it cannot. Great timing, great capture. g.
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Lovely photosAs far as these three images is concerned, I prefer the first one because it has a stronger composition or perhaps I should say that it has more elements for the eyes to see, but all of them are very good
Thanks for the comments/suggestions.
Although these shots may be OK, in general I had trouble with blown highlights, general exposure and blur. These 3 were the better ones out of a fairly average set of photos. As Justin mentioned I think I need to watch the shutter speed for flying shots. I also need more practice handholding longish lenses.
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