Posted by Barry Southon on July 23, 2007 at 10:48 AM
I just could not resist posting this raider.
Canon 350D ISO 400 sigma 50mm-500mm 266mm f/5.6 1/160sec hand held
Cropped to post size I'm still struggling with the PP.
Advice and Critique most welcome.
Thanks
Barry
Posted by Alan Bryant on July 23, 2007 at 11:57 AM
Hi Barry
It may be hard in your garden, i dont know.But why not set up some sort of feeding station ?.
Have your feeders set up as you have, then have some branches or anyother "natural" looking perch for the berds to go on before the feeders.
Plus when you say cropped, did you crop the top or bottom ?.Because the tail and head are very close to the edge.You should change the image size to 720x not crop it to the 720x(if that is what you have done ?.
Hi Barry. I think regardless of your post processing woes your main issue here is handholding at this shutter speed. You will struggle to get a razor sharp image at this shutter speed or even a reasonably sharp image IMO, but maybe that's just me. Have you tried a monopod if tripods are a pain? Nice looking bird, but for me it's not sharp enough. Sorry
Graeme's pretty well summed up how most will see this shot on here.
A tip.......when a bird is taking up most of the height of your frame, turn to portrait to give it a little more room and it helps cut out some distractions on the sidelines too.
A lovely-looking bird, which hopefully will give you many more chances to capture the perfect shot. I agree that some sort of camera support seems to be in order to get your shots pin-sharp. A beanbag would be an alternative, if you`ve got something to rest it on.
Posted by Paula Graham on July 24, 2007 at 2:54 PM
Wonderful looking bird.
All has been said about the image, so hopefully you will get some more chances to 'shoot' this species.
Discussion
5 repliesCanon 350D ISO 400 sigma 50mm-500mm 266mm f/5.6 1/160sec hand held
Cropped to post size I'm still struggling with the PP.
Advice and Critique most welcome.
Thanks
Barry
It may be hard in your garden, i dont know.But why not set up some sort of feeding station ?.
Have your feeders set up as you have, then have some branches or anyother "natural" looking perch for the berds to go on before the feeders.
Plus when you say cropped, did you crop the top or bottom ?.Because the tail and head are very close to the edge.You should change the image size to 720x not crop it to the 720x(if that is what you have done ?.
A tip.......when a bird is taking up most of the height of your frame, turn to portrait to give it a little more room and it helps cut out some distractions on the sidelines too.
All has been said about the image, so hopefully you will get some more chances to 'shoot' this species.