I photographed this yesterday at about 7:00 PM. A very cooperative pair was letting me get close but keeping a eye on me. This was with my Sony A-100 with a Sigma 50-500 lens at 1/250 f/6.3 Oev ISO 100 at 420mm. Thanks for looking, John
I photographed this yesterday at about 7:00 PM. A very cooperative pair was letting me get close but keeping a eye on me. This was with my Sony A-100 with a Sigma 50-500 lens at 1/250 f/6.3 Oev ISO 100 at 420mm. Thanks for looking, John
Love the bg. The soft green colors and the oranges and reds. The eyes are sharp and your lighting is good. But the body is very soft.
Lovely colors though.
Sharna
Hi John,
Love the eyes and eye contact. The owl looks soft in my monitor, perhaps a little more sharpening could help this image. I also wish the feet was not clipped.
Hi John Not sure how good that Sony is with noise but would suggest cranking up the ISO 420 plus the camera crop factor is a lot of focal length for that shutter speed !!!
Wish you had a little more room at the bottom, the toes are clipped !! Do like how you lined up for that gorgeous bg !!!
Thanks Al, The camera starts having noise problems over 800. Pardon me, but I'm still learning this photography addiction, what do you men by "the camera crop factor is a lot of focal length for that shutter speed" ?
Thanks,
John
Hi John!
The image does looks soft :( on my screen, and one reason may be some slight movement during shutter release. Alfred is saying that at high zoom (420), plus multiplying it by your camera's (Sony) crop factor (is it a 1.5x?) ... makes it very difficult to hold stable at your 1/250 shutter speed. Long lenses tend to magnify the tiniest movement, and a much faster shutter speed will help you minimize that problem. Now go get those toes next time!:)
Thanks Brian !!! Just like Brian said Keep in mind the end magnification !!!!
It is possible to make images at that shutter speed magnification but you better be on a good tripod with sound holding techniques !!!!
John
You have a great explanation on the techs from Brian and Al. The pose is really nice.....as is that colorful BG. The big problem is the softness of the Burrowing Owl and the clipped feet. As much as I like to see a great bird large in the frame, this one just needs some more room. You can always do a little cropping to make it a little larger in the frame.....but it's not always possible to add "body parts" back.
Thanks for all your comments. I will keep them in mind. As far as these toes, I have them all in the frame except the very tip of the one claw. Are the toes missing in your picture you are looking at? because on my monitor, I see them all except the very tip of one claw. I realize tho, that I did cut it too close when composing the shot. Thanks,
John