Arthur Morris
04-21-2010, 05:51 PM
This ten day old Roseate Spoonbill chick was photographed with the Canon 400mm f/4IS DO lens with the 1.4X II TC, 37mm of extension, and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400: 1/80 sec. at f/8. Manual flash at 1:8 using flash as main light techniques as described in detail in APB II.
Don't be shy; all comments welcome.
Below is an excerpt from today's (21 April's) blog post; note: I was referring to an image made with the same techniques with the same gear:
"The correct manual exposure would have been about 1/4 second at f/18, yet the image is not only sharp but bright. What gives? I was using two related techniques: Flash as Main Light along with Manual Flash. And I am betting that fewer than 1 in a 100 photographers have the knowledge to use these valuable techniques. If you are ever in a situation where there is seemingly not enough light for photographing at a reasonable ISO setting, then Flash as Main Light and Manual Flash should be in your arsenal…. Basically you are setting a shutter speed and aperture combination that would result in the image being black if the flash does not fire. You can learn to use both Flash as Main Light and Manual Flash in “The Art of Bird Photography II” (916 pages on CD only): https://store.birdsasart.com/shop/category.aspx?catid=32"
To read the rest of my comments on flash as main light, to learn a few additional tips that are not in the CD book, and to learn the location of the spoonbill nest, do visit the blog at http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/
Don't be shy; all comments welcome.
Below is an excerpt from today's (21 April's) blog post; note: I was referring to an image made with the same techniques with the same gear:
"The correct manual exposure would have been about 1/4 second at f/18, yet the image is not only sharp but bright. What gives? I was using two related techniques: Flash as Main Light along with Manual Flash. And I am betting that fewer than 1 in a 100 photographers have the knowledge to use these valuable techniques. If you are ever in a situation where there is seemingly not enough light for photographing at a reasonable ISO setting, then Flash as Main Light and Manual Flash should be in your arsenal…. Basically you are setting a shutter speed and aperture combination that would result in the image being black if the flash does not fire. You can learn to use both Flash as Main Light and Manual Flash in “The Art of Bird Photography II” (916 pages on CD only): https://store.birdsasart.com/shop/category.aspx?catid=32"
To read the rest of my comments on flash as main light, to learn a few additional tips that are not in the CD book, and to learn the location of the spoonbill nest, do visit the blog at http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/