Hi to all,
Farnes Puffin , photographed on it's way back from fishing , these little birds travel at a tremendous speed and I found tracking them handheld with the 300mmF4IS a real struggle ( Oh why didn't I take the 500 and the Gimbal ) , this shot is the sharpest ( term used loosely ) of the bunch , any thoughts on the comp???
Hi Andy,
They come in like missiles don't they, no hanging about. As for the comp its always nice to have the subject coming towards you and you have space for it to come into, so that bits OK. I'm not sure about the OOF land its not the prettiest, perhaps some PS blur to make it less distracting.
Even with the 500mm and gimbal it wouldn't have been easy so don't kick yourself too much.
Tim
Posted by Andy Astbury on June 25, 2007 at 1:57 PM
What's with all this gimbal-stuff for a 500 - be a 'geezer' and handhold it
Conditions look a bit grim so I think you did a good job and the comp look fine - agree with Tim about the OoF bits
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7 repliesFarnes Puffin , photographed on it's way back from fishing , these little birds travel at a tremendous speed and I found tracking them handheld with the 300mmF4IS a real struggle ( Oh why didn't I take the 500 and the Gimbal
Levels , Usm(150,0.3,3 x3) , S/h , cropped.
Canon 20D and 300mmF4IS
1/3200 @F4 iso200 jpeg
All comments welcome
Kind regards
Andy...
They come in like missiles don't they, no hanging about. As for the comp its always nice to have the subject coming towards you and you have space for it to come into, so that bits OK. I'm not sure about the OOF land its not the prettiest, perhaps some PS blur to make it less distracting.
Even with the 500mm and gimbal it wouldn't have been easy so don't kick yourself too much.
Tim
Conditions look a bit grim so I think you did a good job and the comp look fine - agree with Tim about the OoF bits
Thanks for the comments.
Kind regards
Andy... "The geezer"