I love the species you were working with a steep angle but I find that happens often with Eagles.
Whites looks hot and +1.3 like you said was too much (assume histogram shows clipping).
Remember to always set your exposure to protect your highlights. In this case that white head and tail. Start off at EC=0 (lower if strong light) then shot, check histogram (have blinkies on) make adjustment and go from there.
Interesting thread in the Ed Forum on ISO speed - check it out.
Anyway, keep on practicing and thanks for sharing, you will have the 500 humming in no time.
Last edited by Jeff Cashdollar; 01-10-2010 at 12:02 AM.
hi Mark - Jeff has it pretty much covered - nice advice.
After a while you will get a feel for what EC you need to start at by just looking at what you are going to shoot - a basic understanding of how your camera's metering modes work will be extremely helpful.
Capture angle is a little steep, but not much you could do about it.
Looking forward to seeing more :)
Thanks guys. I was able to fully recover with the Recovery slider in Aperture but I had to crank it almost all the way. I need to get better at adjusting ev between shots. I was coming from a sky shot that was properly exposed. (this will continue to be on my "homework" list".
How does the sharpness and detail of the bird look?
Hi Mark,
I like the capture in its natural habitat, the steep capture angle noted, I agree with the techs. and sound advise given. I would like to mention that there is a slight blue color cast in the bird's whites around the head area. Keep up the good work, looking forward to your next one...:cool:
Compensation wise remember it all has to do with what are you metering on !!! Off the sky manually set you would have been close with that compensation but not pointing at the tree, darks will overexpose !!
For steep angle birds is best to use a 2x and go further back, the angle will appear to be less and look better !! ISO wise I don't remember the last bird I did with that low ISO !!! .. you do want that shutter speed .. even for stationary birds ... and if it decides to take off an fly, you won't get it !!!
Bald Eagle
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