Turnstone

[Stan]

another bird down by the water at Avon Beach

Stan

1/1250, f 7.1, ISO 400, 420mm


turnstone by Neptuno.Photography, on Flickr

[jimsphotography]

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Hi Stan,
Another cracker of a shot !
James

[antoeknee]

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Very good!

[Paulstw]

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I would love to know your secret for nailing every exposure. Every picture I looked at on Flickr is just bang on. I get lucky sometimes, but I throw away more than I produce. Another great shot Stan

[Stan]

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Thanks Guys

I would love to know your secret for nailing every exposure. Every picture I looked at on Flickr is just bang on

bit of luck really, some need a bit of exposure comp post processing but usually no more than half a stop either way.
I always use evaluative metering, and mostly Av and for a "normal" balanced looking scene I start off with exposure compensation set to +1/3 and tweak according to what I am shooting.

stan

[Montana 5]

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Doug.

[Columbarius]

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Nice shot Stan, and thanks for the tips.

[antoeknee]

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Thanks Guys

bit of luck really, some need a bit of exposure comp post processing but usually no more than half a stop either way.
I always use evaluative metering, and mostly Av and for a "normal" balanced looking scene I start off with exposure compensation set to +1/3 and tweak according to what I am shooting.

stan

Almost exactly my method apart from using spot metering, combined with exposure lock sometimes, for difficult lighting conditions.

[Chris_R]

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Cracking shot Stan

Chris

[Stan]

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Thanks guys


Stan

[Riggers]

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Yeh great shot Stan. Not just the exposure is perfect for the DOF too. Just deep enough so all the immediate area close to the bird is sharp. I would probably have shot this at 2.8 or 4.0.

[wayne2418]

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Thats another cracker of a shot ... well done Stan.

[Stan]

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Thanks Riggers and Wayne

I would probably have shot this at 2.8 or 4.0.

the dof with a long lens is quite narrow therefor it is better to shoot at a smaller aperture to ensure front to back sharpness, most lens also perform better closed down a little which is why i prefer to shoot at f 7.1 or f8 if the light is good enough. Come the winter though and low light Then I will open the aperture to keep the shutter speed up without going to too high an ISO. With the 300f4 and converter that means f 5.6 or if i am using the converter with my 70-200 f2.8, then f4. Unless i have no other choice, if i were using just the 70-200 i would try and avoid f 2.8 if i could as the dof would be much too narrow

Stan

[Riggers]

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Thanks for the advice stan. Do you have an upper limit of ISO you try not to exceed? Or maybe a lower limit for shutter speed. I'm guessing you're using IS for this type of shot.

[Stan]

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Do you have an upper limit of ISO you try not to exceed? Or maybe a lower limit for shutter speed. I'm guessing you're using IS for this type of shot.

up to ISO 800 and no less than 1/160 but in places like the woodland hide at Blashford, which is a favourite during the winter as its quite near, It is more often ISO 1600 and sometimes ISO 3200 to keep that minimum shutter speed. There will be a bit of noise from the 7D but provided you get the exposure about right, that can easily be sorted with neat image noise reduction. Yes i usually leave the IS active

Stan