Posted by Barry Southon on February 22, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Back in early December I sought pointers to enable me to try a get a better result from flight shots. I'll be back in the field next week and will make every effort to try and implement the advice.
I now have a bean bag so that may help.
It can be difficult getting a tree line or grass banks in the field of vision so I would like your thoughts on this one.
Critique comments advice most welcomed.
1D3 Canon 800mm 1/6400sec f/5.6 ISO 400 this was taken pre ISO advice
I hope that this wasn’t a fly by and you weren’t using your new bean bag here.
Not the best of perspectives and rather low in the frame, otherwise a nice record shot.
I know that you asked about mounting a camera when working from a car in another thread, so I’ll ask you a question.
Your at a fence line in Canada and your shooting Snowy Owls which are flying in. Now what do you use, and why from the following, your tripod with a Wimberley on it or take your bean bag and resting it on a fence post ???
I also think you will find that when stalking waders, the majority of Americans use a Skimmer with a Wimberley on it, no bean bag, again why ???
Just trying to save you some heartache/frustration.
One last thing, be vary careful when using a bean bag from a car, it can be as dangerous as using a mobile phone whilst driving.
Good luck in December, looking forward to seeing the results.
Posted by eric weight on February 23, 2009 at 1:10 AM
It looks a bit like the metering has been fooled by the amount of light bg and the shot would have benefited from some exposure compensation as the detail is lost because the bird is so dark. Given that you were using iso 400, I would expect that you could add some more light in photoshop without getting too much noise. I would also have preferred it to be flying towards the camera rather than away from it and some more space around it as well, particularly beneath.
On the plus side, you seem to have got plenty of speed available which you have used to good advantage to freeze the action.
A good start I would say given the difficulties involved in flight shots, especially with a monster lens like that. eric
Posted by Magnus Hird on February 23, 2009 at 3:55 PM
I quite like the almost silhouette and sunsetty colours here. With the lighting from the back, as Eric says, it would have been better with the eagle coming towards you - but you can't ask them to land again! From the horizon I wonder if it needs a bit of clockwise rotation. Only other nit is the closeness to the bottom of the frame. Hope you have a productive week out
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3 repliesI now have a bean bag so that may help.
It can be difficult getting a tree line or grass banks in the field of vision so I would like your thoughts on this one.
Critique comments advice most welcomed.
1D3 Canon 800mm 1/6400sec f/5.6 ISO 400 this was taken pre ISO advice
Thanks for looking
Barry
Not the best of perspectives and rather low in the frame, otherwise a nice record shot.
I know that you asked about mounting a camera when working from a car in another thread, so I’ll ask you a question.
Your at a fence line in Canada and your shooting Snowy Owls which are flying in. Now what do you use, and why from the following, your tripod with a Wimberley on it or take your bean bag and resting it on a fence post ???
I also think you will find that when stalking waders, the majority of Americans use a Skimmer with a Wimberley on it, no bean bag, again why ???
Just trying to save you some heartache/frustration.
One last thing, be vary careful when using a bean bag from a car, it can be as dangerous as using a mobile phone whilst driving.
Good luck in December, looking forward to seeing the results.
On the plus side, you seem to have got plenty of speed available which you have used to good advantage to freeze the action.
A good start I would say given the difficulties involved in flight shots, especially with a monster lens like that.