Dark-eyed Junco

Gallery: AvianPosted February 12, 2016114 views6 comments

I finally decided I should learn to use fill flash, so I spent a bit of time the other morning in my blind shooting Juncos (the only bird that came around at the time). I like the results, though I need a lot more practice.

Question: My Metadata panel in LR5 only has "did fire" for flash information. I know lots of you post the amount of compensation you've used, so I'm guessing it should be available in my EXIF information, but I can't seem to find it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

7D2, Sigma 150-600 contemporary, hand held, f/6.3, 1/400, iso 800, aperture priority, pattern metering. I believe I had the flash compensation set at -1 2/3 for this shot. Processed in LR5 & CS6. I cloned out the extra catchlight from the flash and a small foreground twig that was decidedly annoying and attention getting. Cropped to 14.9 MP before resizing for web. Taken February 8th at 9:17 AM.

Comments and criticisms (and answers to my question) are earnestly solicited.

Thanks,

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on February 12, 2016 at 2:11 PM

Looks good Dennis, the fill flash looks very natural here, nice setting too. I am not sure about LR but if you open the raw file in DPP you should be able to see the amount of flash compensation devil

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Comment posted by John Tobias on February 12, 2016 at 3:16 PM

Good use of fill flash, can't really tell it was used. Also like the more uncluttered look, although I think you could crop some on the left side to remove that light area of pine needles. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on February 12, 2016 at 4:57 PM

Just gorgeous - would make a fantastic post card! Can't help you on the flash info

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on February 13, 2016 at 7:37 AM

NIce bird and setting, Dennis ! The flash is hardly noticable, so I'd say you have done a great job enlightened

. Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on February 13, 2016 at 9:29 AM

Dennis: I think this looks great with the use of Fill Flash!! I'm thrilled to see someone else using this power photo tool to produce excellent results.

I don't think LR shows the flash compensation which is a real pity. I'm pretty sure it can be found in DPP. The LR issue has to do with the EXIF "standard" and flash compensation is named something different by nearly every manufacturer. So much for a standard. I think there are LR plugins available that can help with this issue.

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on February 18, 2016 at 11:31 PM

Classic portrait. Love the muted colors.

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