Canon EOS 1Ds MkII + 600/f4IS + EF 2.0 extender, Groundpod with Wimberley Head WH1.
AV-exposure mode -2/3; f11, 1/1600s, ISO 400, auto white balance.
RAW image processed in Capture One and sharpened in Photoshop CS3.
I very rarely shoot in Av-exposure mode unless I know that everything in the frame is more or less going to be medium toned - brown cows in a green field for example. On Sunday, though, the sun kept going in and out and it becomes a really pain checking the exposure with an incident meter and resetting the exposure all the time, especially if you are working in hide, so in these circumstances I usually switch from Manual exposure mode to Av. This means adjusting the autoexposure setting to maintain detail in white highlights and the amount of compensation required changes, depending on the time of day and the lighting conditions. This Egret settled in front of my hide at about 9.45 and it stayed for about an hour. When the sun came out I dialled in -2/3 of a stop compensation; when the clouds came over I reduced this to -1/3. In early morning light and similarly, late in the evening, no compensation is required as the highlights then fall within the 6-7 stop exposure range of that digital cameras are capable of recording.
Hello Phil
Excellent capture and useful information, too.
Best wishes
Phil
Posted by Paula Graham on July 12, 2007 at 4:28 PM
Hi Phil,
Excellent shot of a beautiful bird with a perfect low viewpoint, lovely pose of the bird and the water drops are great too, do I see an unfortunate frog as well?
Interesting info regarding exposure.. I am always struggling with it, even in manual, unless the light is constant, like you pointed out.
As ever a super image, personaly I think you could 'push' the whites a fraction more, but that is always difficult to tell on a web sized image, a super little tutorial on exposure...
All the best
Phil
Posted by Andy Astbury on July 13, 2007 at 12:54 AM
Superb image Phil, pin perfect exposure (no surprises there) and a great PV
Very good capture Phil. I personally use AV most of the time with compensation as described so it was good to see you mention the method. In my case it's down to laziness and not wanting to carry an incident meter around.
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9 repliesLittle Egret (Egretta garzetta) - Essex, UK
Canon EOS 1Ds MkII + 600/f4IS + EF 2.0 extender, Groundpod with Wimberley Head WH1.
AV-exposure mode -2/3; f11, 1/1600s, ISO 400, auto white balance.
RAW image processed in Capture One and sharpened in Photoshop CS3.
I very rarely shoot in Av-exposure mode unless I know that everything in the frame is more or less going to be medium toned - brown cows in a green field for example. On Sunday, though, the sun kept going in and out and it becomes a really pain checking the exposure with an incident meter and resetting the exposure all the time, especially if you are working in hide, so in these circumstances I usually switch from Manual exposure mode to Av. This means adjusting the autoexposure setting to maintain detail in white highlights and the amount of compensation required changes, depending on the time of day and the lighting conditions. This Egret settled in front of my hide at about 9.45 and it stayed for about an hour. When the sun came out I dialled in -2/3 of a stop compensation; when the clouds came over I reduced this to -1/3. In early morning light and similarly, late in the evening, no compensation is required as the highlights then fall within the 6-7 stop exposure range of that digital cameras are capable of recording.
Excellent capture and useful information, too.
Best wishes
Phil
Excellent shot of a beautiful bird with a perfect low viewpoint, lovely pose of the bird and the water drops are great too, do I see an unfortunate frog as well?
Interesting info regarding exposure.. I am always struggling with it, even in manual, unless the light is constant, like you pointed out.
As ever a super image, personaly I think you could 'push' the whites a fraction more, but that is always difficult to tell on a web sized image, a super little tutorial on exposure...
All the best
Phil
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