Posted by Barry Southon on August 28, 2009 at 5:38 AM
Flight shots provide a great challenge for me and variations are few as far as positioning is concerned. I have been trying various combinations of settings in order to provide shots to compare.
Canon 1D3 Canon 800mm 2X extender 1600mm f/16 1/2500sec ISO 800 tripod. RAW PS resized one round sharpen and removed a few dust spots. This is also prior to the lens and body re-calibration which has now made significant improvements.
First off well done for getting anything remotely sharp at 1600mm with what must have (should be) manual focus. the image would have been great however the bird is taking off away from you, I know not a lot you could have done about that... as a start it is great, the main problem is that you are about 1.5 stops underexposed, for flight shots like this or any image against the sky it is best to use manual exposure, meter from a neutral area i.e. grass, test the exposure and compensate accordingly (shouldn't need much).
HTH
Phil
Posted by Barry Southon on August 29, 2009 at 3:39 AM
Phil
Many thanks for taking the time to comment points duly noted.
Posted by Lee Newman on August 29, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Nice feather details on the underside of the wings & a different POV.
Shame the birrd didnt look down towards you.
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3 repliesCanon 1D3 Canon 800mm 2X extender 1600mm f/16 1/2500sec ISO 800 tripod. RAW PS resized one round sharpen and removed a few dust spots. This is also prior to the lens and body re-calibration which has now made significant improvements.
I'd really appreciate critique advice comments.
Thanks for looking.
First off well done for getting anything remotely sharp at 1600mm with what must have (should be) manual focus. the image would have been great however the bird is taking off away from you, I know not a lot you could have done about that... as a start it is great, the main problem is that you are about 1.5 stops underexposed, for flight shots like this or any image against the sky it is best to use manual exposure, meter from a neutral area i.e. grass, test the exposure and compensate accordingly (shouldn't need much).
HTH
Phil
Many thanks for taking the time to comment points duly noted.
Shame the birrd didnt look down towards you.
Lee