William Dickson
09-11-2018, 01:25 PM
Canon 1DX
f/4 500mm with 1.4
f/8
1/4000
ISO 640
I spent quite a while with this one bird at a local loch, on a sunny afternoon. A wise old man once told me on here 'when conditions are bright, and you are photographing white birds, go for 1/4000, f/8, ISO 640'. And I did, and it worked. After being out in the open for a while the bird, moved into the side of the loch, where it was heavily shaded by over hanging trees. It then began preening, and gave me lots of different views, great pose after pose, for about 30 mins. I decided to keep the same settings, as it looked good with the dark BG, and nice whites on the camera screen. I added contrast and lowered the shadows on the BG, to darken it down a bit, which I thought was a more pleasing image. I managed to get lots of keepers, so any advice, tips, to make the image better are appreciated.
Will
f/4 500mm with 1.4
f/8
1/4000
ISO 640
I spent quite a while with this one bird at a local loch, on a sunny afternoon. A wise old man once told me on here 'when conditions are bright, and you are photographing white birds, go for 1/4000, f/8, ISO 640'. And I did, and it worked. After being out in the open for a while the bird, moved into the side of the loch, where it was heavily shaded by over hanging trees. It then began preening, and gave me lots of different views, great pose after pose, for about 30 mins. I decided to keep the same settings, as it looked good with the dark BG, and nice whites on the camera screen. I added contrast and lowered the shadows on the BG, to darken it down a bit, which I thought was a more pleasing image. I managed to get lots of keepers, so any advice, tips, to make the image better are appreciated.
Will