David Roach
04-08-2019, 12:17 PM
EOS R EF400DO I 2xtc II f11 1/2700 ISO 1600
This is the third (and last) post of about 10 usable frames I got from this opportunity. As I spotted this beauty,the sun was very low with long shadows everywhere. Everything around this bird ( water and plants) was in deep late afternoon shadow except the top part of this bird which was in that late evening spotlight. I had previously been working with mostly mid tone surroundings. I was (like most of the time) in continuous AF mode. So I pointed the focus box and turned the handy exp compensation ring till the histogram in the viewfinder was far to the right but not overblown(with mirrorless no chimping needed). Hit the shutter and tried to keep the box on plane with the eye. A few minutes after those 15 frames the complete bird was in shadow. On this one Artie, the eye is a little more turned to the sensor plane. Enough to get it sharp at f11. On the last post I mistakenly adjusted the EXP with an unintended selection giving the blue areas on the edges of the bird. All three posts are full frame on horizontal with some off bottom because of lower shadows on the bird and the top for composition. It was fun having a limited time, in terms of light, to try to go for this effect.
ps
Artie this was created at green cay with lens hood removed to just image through the cracks of the railing from the floor of the boardwalk.
This is the third (and last) post of about 10 usable frames I got from this opportunity. As I spotted this beauty,the sun was very low with long shadows everywhere. Everything around this bird ( water and plants) was in deep late afternoon shadow except the top part of this bird which was in that late evening spotlight. I had previously been working with mostly mid tone surroundings. I was (like most of the time) in continuous AF mode. So I pointed the focus box and turned the handy exp compensation ring till the histogram in the viewfinder was far to the right but not overblown(with mirrorless no chimping needed). Hit the shutter and tried to keep the box on plane with the eye. A few minutes after those 15 frames the complete bird was in shadow. On this one Artie, the eye is a little more turned to the sensor plane. Enough to get it sharp at f11. On the last post I mistakenly adjusted the EXP with an unintended selection giving the blue areas on the edges of the bird. All three posts are full frame on horizontal with some off bottom because of lower shadows on the bird and the top for composition. It was fun having a limited time, in terms of light, to try to go for this effect.
ps
Artie this was created at green cay with lens hood removed to just image through the cracks of the railing from the floor of the boardwalk.