Posted by wally emmert on January 28, 2009 at 7:23 PM
this shot was taken from my blind, it was about 100ft away, cropped a little, he really has an intense look..
canon 40d tamron 200-500mm all the way out at 500mm
f6.3 iso200 shutter 1/1600 how do these settings look, I run the camera on shutter priority, setting the shutter and iso, taken at about 3pm no clouds,,, whatever you can tell me will help, still learning about all the settings
I think the settings you have work in this shot at least. I tend to shoot on aperature priority most of the time trying to get as much DOF as I can but still keep my shutter speed high enough to keep most of the motion blur out of my shot. I also tend to be shooting them moving across and am hopeing that a bit more DOF will keep my shot sharp enough I don;t have to delete it. If I can catch one setting then it just depends on what I have for light, usualy not enough. May not be right but it works most times.
Posted by Toni Lankerd on January 28, 2009 at 9:31 PM
I always set the aperture that I want, then check the shutter speed. Your method seems to have worked well on this image, Wally, but it could use some sharpening to bring out more details in the Eagles.
Posted by Philip Schwarz on January 28, 2009 at 11:13 PM
Nice capture. I also usually use aperture priority and try to set the dof for what I am shooting. This particular shot works. I also usually shoot birds at 400 iso.
Posted by Mitch Erwin on January 28, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Wally, this capture looks fine. I'd suggest a bump up to at least f8 when there is sufficient light, as in this case. You could stand to go a little higher in the ISO without getting too much noise, which will in turn keep your shutter speed up there. To stop the action without much blur you need at least 1200 sec min. Spot meter on the subject so you know your exposure is spot on too. For action shots, AV would be a better choice IMHO. I'd like to see a little more foreground in the capture too!
I like the posturing of the birds and the directional light. Overall I think these shots have improved with each additional posting. Keep on keeping on. There does seems to be some significant cloning artifacts to the right of the grounded bird (though I haven't pulled it into Photoshop to look more closely), a bit more time spent there would strengthen the presentation.
Posted by wally emmert on January 29, 2009 at 7:48 AM
i did some cloning there joel on this copy,,your right...... tried to clone out a coyote carcass to save you some of the gore
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7 repliescanon 40d tamron 200-500mm all the way out at 500mm
f6.3 iso200 shutter 1/1600 how do these settings look, I run the camera on shutter priority, setting the shutter and iso, taken at about 3pm no clouds,,, whatever you can tell me will help, still learning about all the settings