1D MKIV
500mm
Tripod/Wimberly
Manual mode
Evaluative metering
Center AF Point manually selected, rear focus
ISO 1000
1/1600
f/5.0
Setup using a feeder and hide in my back yard. I brightened the eye slightly but no other alterations.
American Goldfinch
1D MKIV
500mm
Tripod/Wimberly
Manual mode
Evaluative metering
Center AF Point manually selected, rear focus
ISO 1000
1/1600
f/5.0
Setup using a feeder and hide in my back yard. I brightened the eye slightly but no other alterations.
Can someone move all the posts from this guy straight to Avian? Not a chance anyone else will ever win IOTW as long as he is around ETL
Just kidding, awesome image as usual. (Plus it has the huge advantage of not being a post in the "True Bird Photographers" thread, which today is actually a significant exception. And relief.)
I might have just taken a bit off the bottom and a tiny bit from the left. Although I am not sure about the bottom since it would have cut away a part of the orange leaf and might have looked odd.
Not-image-related-question from a non-Mark IV user: what is the impact/signification of the "rear focus" setting?
Thanks for the nice comments. I agree with you about the "true bird photographer" business, very strange.Originally Posted by P-A. Fortin
Can someone move all the posts from this guy straight to Avian? Not a chance anyone else will ever win IOTW as long as he is around ETL
Just kidding, awesome image as usual. (Plus it has the huge advantage of not being a post in the "True Bird Photographers" thread, which today is actually a significant exception. And relief.)
I might have just taken a bit off the bottom and a tiny bit from the left. Although I am not sure about the bottom since it would have cut away a part of the orange leaf and might have looked odd.
Not-image-related-question from a non-Mark IV user: what is the impact/signification of the "rear focus" setting?
I have been working with digital photography for about 4 years now so I am still eager to learn and I actually find that I get more and better feedback here rather than in Avian.
Rear focus means that I re-assigned the focus function to one of the buttons on the back of the camera so that I can focus using my right thumb rather than the 1/2 press of the shutter button. It allows you to continuously focus (in AI Servo mode) by holding the button down or to focus and recompose with a single press of the button. Artie Morris has written a tutorial on this in his blog and also his camera user guides. Once you get used to it there is no problem and it feels very natural.
Of course, I was just kidding about the "Move to Avian" thing. You are definitely a step ahead of alot of posters on this section (3-4 steps ahead of me I'd say). Feedback seems deeper here indeed, as is discussion on some specific topics such as processing of our images.
Now I get the "rear focus" thing. It is something I actually have done myself on my 60D (based on a suggestion from Daniel Cadieux). To my surprise, it improved the quality of a lot of my images: much more than I expected. Not enough to allow me to take any decent picture of a BIF, but still a significant step ahead.
Oh that's what rear focus means. Shoulda known it was a Canonism... it's AF-on (button) in Nikonspeak.
As to the photo... the back seems a bit bright (pushed into the desaturated range of brightness). If it were mine I would add some contrast to the eye to balance the lightening. Good eye contact.
It may just be me but the oof tail creates something of an optical illusion with the back end seemingly pointing away (the usual place for oof tails) rather than pointing forward.
Cheers,
-Michael-
Thanks Michael for your ideas I will look at the BG brightness, I think it very well may look better if I darken it.Oh that's what rear focus means. Shoulda known it was a Canonism... it's AF-on (button) in Nikonspeak.
As to the photo... the back seems a bit bright (pushed into the desaturated range of brightness). If it were mine I would add some contrast to the eye to balance the lightening. Good eye contact.
It may just be me but the oof tail creates something of an optical illusion with the back end seemingly pointing away (the usual place for oof tails) rather than pointing forward.
Cheers,
-Michael-
The Canon 1D bodies do have an AF-on button but I actually switched the function of the shutter focus to the button just to the right of the AF-on button so it's easier to use and also the shutter will no longer activate the focus. This is done by making a change in one of the custom function menus.
Joel, another beauty from you. Like the pose very much.
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