Another shot from Saturday. Aperture wasn't sufficient to get both birds in focus but if I had changed the aperture I would have had no birds in focus as they would have flown - they land and take off so quickly.
D300
300mm f2.8
1/1600s
f6.3
-0.3EV
ISO 200
Posted by jeff acreman on February 24, 2010 at 5:29 PM
hi maggie
as you say ltt are in and out in seconds, have been trying to shot them for some time now, anyway - you have covered nits and i think the pic works (these are lovely birds)
jeff acreman
Posted by Brian Davis on February 24, 2010 at 5:51 PM
Very nice Maggie.
Posted by Mark Davies on February 25, 2010 at 4:23 AM
Well done Maggie for getting a pair .However the birds positions aren't the best ,the lead bird has no catchlight ,the lighting looks a tadge harsh ( handled well) and the defined split to the BG all knock the edge off it.A fine effort all the same .
Posted by Mark Green on February 25, 2010 at 4:35 AM
I know how fast this guys are , we call them the SAS, they storm in , in a group and are gone in seconds. !
as mark said, you have covered the nits,, nice perch too..
Posted by John Chapman on February 25, 2010 at 5:01 AM
Hi Maggie, very nice.
Posted by Andy Astbury on February 25, 2010 at 5:37 AM
Good stuff Maggie
ISO 400 would have bought you another stop on the aperture - standard iso on the D300, and you could have shed a bit of shutter speed to gain even more DoF.
But my one bit of advice would be firstly get more of an eye for your backgrounds - you can always put a bit of scrim net up in your garden to give you a more even BG.
But you are doing some good stuff lately Maggie...
Posted by David Taylor on February 25, 2010 at 7:10 AM
A very nice pair indeed, Maggie. I was watching one this morning whilst washing up. Landed on the mistletoe on the apple tree outside my kitchen window. Of course no camera ready, such is life.
Posted by Kim Connolly on February 25, 2010 at 3:05 PM
Nits covered but still a nice shot. You did well by getting a pair.
Posted by Karen Summers on February 25, 2010 at 4:06 PM
these are hard subjects to get especially two but it doesn t really work for me as they are facing the wrong way and the one not in focus but I know they are quick little devils to get
David you are well on your way! Mistletoe and doing the washing up as well
Posted by David Taylor on February 26, 2010 at 6:59 AM
I'm very domesticated but only to a point, so my granddaughter keeps reminding me. She always finds the dust I have missed. Above is a virtual sprig of mistletoe just for you.
(4 stacked images using HF 5x64)
Discussion
12 repliesD300
300mm f2.8
1/1600s
f6.3
-0.3EV
ISO 200
as you say ltt are in and out in seconds, have been trying to shot them for some time now, anyway - you have covered nits and i think the pic works (these are lovely birds)
jeff acreman
as mark said, you have covered the nits,, nice perch too..
ISO 400 would have bought you another stop on the aperture - standard iso on the D300, and you could have shed a bit of shutter speed to gain even more DoF.
But my one bit of advice would be firstly get more of an eye for your backgrounds - you can always put a bit of scrim net up in your garden to give you a more even BG.
But you are doing some good stuff lately Maggie...
Thanks Andy for some helpful advice.
David you are well on your way! Mistletoe and doing the washing up as well
(4 stacked images using HF 5x64)