Jenny Wren proclaiming his territory , taken at Bempton this morning whilst trying out the new firmware on the Mk111 , not the best perch I know but a super little bird none the less , thanks for looking.
Lovely singing pose! The catch-light in his eye is great. Nice feather detail too! I like the perch as it isn't distracting and helps to balance the composition!
Thanks for the nice comments guys , always appreciated
Paul & Dave , personally I don't think the new firmware has made a great deal of difference , I spent yesterday morning photographing Peregrines hunting at Bempton and didn't come away with a single sharp shot , the same applied to the Guillimots and Razorbills , I was constantly switching between the "ring of fire" and the centre point with assists , I tried every combination of Servo tracking sensitivity ( Slow thru Fast ) but that made no difference , my particular body just won't lock on to a fast moving low contrast ( dark ) target , give me a big white Gannet and the focus nails it every time.
I tried the same today with Dippers , positioned myself down river of the nest and tracked the bird as it flew straight towards me from about 200ft , coditions were perfect , excellent light and guess what , the AF didn't lock on once , after an hour I gave up.
With this being my first pro body it could just be that i've not set it up correctly , or maybe i'm expecting too much from the camera , but I know that with my old and battered 20D i'd have come away with at least one or two keepers.
I'd be very interested to know what settings you guys would use to photograph the above birds in the same scenarios.
Discussion
9 repliesJenny Wren proclaiming his territory , taken at Bempton this morning whilst trying out the new firmware on the Mk111
Converted in DPP / Processed in CS2 (Cropped)
Canon 1D3 , 500F4IS+1.4T/c , Gitzo1325 , Wimberley v2
1/1000th @ F5.6 iso100 RAW
All comments welcome
Regards
Andy...
Lovely singing pose! The catch-light in his eye is great. Nice feather detail too! I like the perch as it isn't distracting and helps to balance the composition!
dennis
Nicely done indeed
Alan
JohnR
I too would be interested in your views on the firmware.
Dave
Thanks for the nice comments guys , always appreciated
Paul & Dave , personally I don't think the new firmware has made a great deal of difference , I spent yesterday morning photographing Peregrines hunting at Bempton and didn't come away with a single sharp shot , the same applied to the Guillimots and Razorbills , I was constantly switching between the "ring of fire" and the centre point with assists , I tried every combination of Servo tracking sensitivity ( Slow thru Fast ) but that made no difference , my particular body just won't lock on to a fast moving low contrast ( dark ) target , give me a big white Gannet and the focus nails it every time.
I tried the same today with Dippers , positioned myself down river of the nest and tracked the bird as it flew straight towards me from about 200ft , coditions were perfect , excellent light and guess what , the AF didn't lock on once , after an hour I gave up.
With this being my first pro body it could just be that i've not set it up correctly , or maybe i'm expecting too much from the camera , but I know that with my old and battered 20D i'd have come away with at least one or two keepers.
I'd be very interested to know what settings you guys would use to photograph the above birds in the same scenarios.
Cheers
Andy...
John.