Hand held image, couldn't' do anything about the angle and if I could have the background would have been regarded as intrusive - so WYSIWYG I'm afraid!
Olympus E-M1X
Focal length in 35 mm film : 841.0mm
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
ISO Sensitivity : 320
Exposure compensation : -1.3 EV
Shutter : 1/2000 sec
Aperture : F5.6
Hi Jon .... very cool action regardless of the shooting angle .
I can almost feel the aggression between the two ....
Just asking for curiosity .... where was the focal point ??? AS there is a " strange looking DOF " visible with sharp and soft areas in the same focal plane .
Regarding the overall exposure ... it does look too dark , IMHO . I think you had sunshine so I would expect a much brighter overall image . Just my take .
The action is great, but I agree with Andreas about the focus. The splashes around the birds are all soft, and they really mute the who image in that respect. Exposure on birds looks good. I also think ISO 320 hurt you here. Woulda been better to be at 640 and 1/4000 for this.
Thanks for the feedback, I used a group of focus points on the head area(s) so I haven't a clue where focus was, I suspect it was on the RHS bird, action was fast and in differing directions. The exposure - I exposed for the highlights, (Auto ISO) I have lifted the darks and in truth the water was considerably darker than portrayed. Usually the black feathers show more detail but I do recall looking and they were indeed dark due to the light angle I presume, the highlights seemed to pick up the light and nothing else did. None of the highlights are blown and there were no dark blinkies. I read what you have written - thanks I appreciate your comments but I am more than satisfied considering the distance and angle I was forced to shoot from. We all wish for better conditions but they simply weren't there for me and I have been to this location several times now.
I will no doubt revisit, it is like a magnet to me and I will hope for easy light and and a low angle.... pigs may fly one day!!!!!! As the saying goes if you first don't succeed try try again, I will.
Last edited by Jonathan Ashton; 04-11-2021 at 03:50 PM.
Hi Jon,
Lots of good comments above. The action is great.
A question: how can you expose for the highlights (or for anything else) when you are using Auto ISO??? (What exposure mode were you using?)
And agree with Dorian, why not a much higher ISO and a much higher SS?
with love, a
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