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Posted by Ben Simmonds on December 10, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Here is a recent picture from my new orchard hide any comments and CC welcome.
canon 50D, 500mm, iso 200, f4 1/400th
Posted by John Robinson on December 10, 2008 at 3:55 PM
Great close up Ben but a little tight in the frame for me.The shallow depth of field has lost some of the nice bits in the body which I reckon comes out really well on Fieldfares . The low POV has brought out the stuff in front of the bird a little too much maybe. Especially this time of year with the grass being longer.
I tried this kind of angle last week on these and ended up raising the hide hole about 14 inches. Mine were actually getting lost behind big Newton Wonders !
However every one has different views and prefs..and this is just my personal opinion.
Good stuff though.
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by John Varley on December 10, 2008 at 5:12 PM
I like this a lot Ben, great viewpoint, but I would prefer more DOF.
Very nice and I am not sure if I agreed about the DOF, as a 40D user a quick question, who does the 50D cope with higher ISO? Sometimes I think ISO bracketing where the speed stays the same and the DOF and iso change would be good.
Anyway I sure you will get allot more oportunities in your new hide
All the best
Ian
Posted by Ben Simmonds on December 11, 2008 at 8:00 AM
Thanks for the comments everyone. struggling for light under the trees jon so f4 needed really.
ian 50D is better than 30d in my book but not as good as i was hoping iso 800 is about the max you can push it for wildlife however even in these conditions under the trees at iso 400 i am still getting 1/500th in the morning light at f4 so enough to capture movement, thats on the 500mm.
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11 repliescanon 50D, 500mm, iso 200, f4 1/400th
I tried this kind of angle last week on these and ended up raising the hide hole about 14 inches. Mine were actually getting lost behind big Newton Wonders !
However every one has different views and prefs..and this is just my personal opinion.
Good stuff though.
Cheers
JohnR
John
Nice one. The viewpoint is great but I also would prefer a little bit more DOF.
Anyway I sure you will get allot more oportunities in your new hide
All the best
Ian
ian 50D is better than 30d in my book but not as good as i was hoping iso 800 is about the max you can push it for wildlife however even in these conditions under the trees at iso 400 i am still getting 1/500th in the morning light at f4 so enough to capture movement, thats on the 500mm.
Drew
David
Matt
A little tight in the frame for me. Looks like a promising set up though. Look forward to seeing more results.
Rob