OK, I could use help here. Shooting at f/10 I should have got the beak in focus. It's hard to tell if the sensor locked onto the shoulder at black/yellow contrast. There is a way to tell the focus point in NX2, I just can't remember.
Should I be shooting with single-point sensor focus on static subjects. I find this difficult sometimes with small subjects that are constantly moving. I tend to use AF-area focus, with 21 point focus (nikon).
Advise on focus techniques would be helpful.
The image:
I did a clone-out of a OOF cone flower on the right, and some repair work on the foreground cone flower. I did leave the seed residuals under the chin and breast. Sorry, the tail is not showing :confused:
Greetings. On focus point in NX2: Under pull down menu View->Show Focus Point or key equivalent: Ctrl-Shift-F
Lack of red horizontal brackets means camera did not lock focus.
You can also find this information in the metadata of your shot under AF Points Used in the Manufacturer notes section of the metadata (I use photome to look at the metadata). The information is carried in a little thumbnail of the image with an overlay of the focus points. What is interesting to me is that this little image in the metadata and the image overlay that you get in NX2 are different... enough so that evaluating precisely what the AF is using to focus on must be misleading in one of the two representations. My bet is the metadata one is better.
Greetings. On AF... I always use single point. The setting for a4: Focus Tracking with Lock-On I have set at AF Long. I cannot say authoritatively that this accounts for my dropping the single point off the subject briefly and the camera not refocusing, but that is what seems to happen to me. I've also been largely happy with these settings in tracking BIF... but maybe again that's just me.
Even at f/10 dof is pretty thin, regarding oof beak. Otherwise, I like the color & comp.
Hi Jay - Its a D3S!!!!! Get that ISO to something reasonable ;)
3200 ISO is not a problem dor the D3S.
Also there are plenty of DOF calculators out there - even for you IPHONE - also remember the closer you get with a telephoto lens - the smaller the DOF.
Like the pose - exposure looks good - a little tight for my persona tastes.
Keep em coming :)
Goldfinch #2, could use some help
