Getting more comfortable with the Mk4 and is working just fine, very happy with the AF performance, lots of sharp flight images. Locks fast and keeps on tracking !!! Image quality is a step beyond the Mk3 while noise has been reduced !! Will be interesting to see how high an ISO I can obtain with quality for stopping the action at the wing tips. Normally they are a bit blur since a shutter speed of 1600 or so is not enough.
Comments welcome and much appreciated
Canon 1DMk4
500 f4.0 IS
f 6.3 1/1600 sec
ISO 800
Manual + 1 1/3 off sky
I'm glad you like the Mark IV, too. I'm quite impressed with it, and didn't expect it to be less noisy than the Mark III. If properly exposed and not too far from the subject, even ISO 1600 looks pretty good and doesn't require NR of the bird, just the BG.
Nice Image Al. I like the birds wing, flight position and composition. Several points: I wish you were closer to the subject, and so more details were evident. (or this could be crop related)
I don't think that the wing tip blur is shutter speed related and 1/1600 should have been enough. If it was insufficient SS I would expect both wing tips to be blurred. Most likely DOF.
I also was wondering about the dark area under the bill. Is that a shadow or normal coloration?
regards~Bill
I like this Mr. Forns...I'm glad you are enjoying your new baby...:D The details are tack sharp and the color rendition is very good...kep them coming...
The image is a full frame, the wing tip blur is related to shutter speed (not dof) and the area under the chin is breeding coloration for the bird !!!
For razor sharp flight images I'm more comfortable with speeds over 2500, now with the even cleaner ISO might as well take advantage and crank it up ... just want to see how the feather detail fares with the IOS increase !!!
Alfred: I am still wondering about the dark area under the bill, (of what I assume to be a female). Is it there all year or something to do with breeding season, which I also assume is just around the corner? Or maybe the anhingas around here (Texas) are slightly different. I have just never seen other than that pink "pouch" thing that they expand when they get excited, like when they notice a photographer getting too close!
Good reminder about keeping the shutter speed up. regards~Bill
They are in full breeding at the park and some have chicks, as the hormones levels decrease that area will be gone.... as far as getting too close at Anhinga Trail you can practically pet them .. the cormorants you can !!!
Great capture Al. Looks like you already are mastering the Mark4 well. Shark Valley tomorrow afternoon maestro. Bring your new toy, was told that there is a small lake on the opposite side about 3/4 of a mile down where they've seen some Spoonbills.
Anhinga and Mk4
