Posted by Barry Southon on April 7, 2010 at 11:14 AM
A dull day by the lake, but a Great Blue Heron was busy inspecting the moorings, seen from the car ten minutes or so provided some interesting shots. Although the mooring clutter made a busy background. Milford Lake Kansas.
Canon 1D3 Canon 800mm f/9.5 1/350sec Handheld through the window.
small crop and resized to post.
Question I'm shooting RAW and the largest size file is this the right sellection?
Critique, Comments and Advice most welcome.
Thanks for looking.
Posted by Andy Gregory on April 7, 2010 at 11:23 AM
A nice sharp shot Barry. Why not shoot RAW?. I have no problem with the file size as long as I have enough memory cards with me when out shooting. No problems with storage on my PC either. I thought everyone was shooting RAW now!
Posted by Barry Southon on April 7, 2010 at 11:31 AM
Andy
Sorry I didn't make the question clear what I meant was should it be the large Raw size or smaller?
Posted by Duncan Armour on April 7, 2010 at 11:36 AM
Well that depends on your end usage. Personally I'd always leave a camera in its largest RAW file size setting as it removes the possibility of screwing up that way. You'll always have the most detail and information. But on long trips where storage might become an issue or in situations where you want the maximum number of frames for the longest period of time without the camera locking up you might want to do something different.
Large RAW every time. Even when I'm shooting time critical stuff. Modern computers and conversion software make it easy to use.
Nice enough image. Sometimes manmade clutter can be made less obtrusive if it doesn't hold a prominent place in the frame. The boards here are ok, even the blue cable is ok, what does ruin the shot for me though is the background fence's curved detail being right where your subject's head is.
As in most things photographic, make sure the background is unobtrusive. This doesn't just mean getting a mushy blur, it means finding things that don't intrude. Had this been a uniform slatted fence it would have been fine, but because the detailing is there it is what takes the eye
Posted by John Chapman on April 7, 2010 at 2:49 PM
I wouldn't change a thing - a nice example of man/wildlife co-existing.
Re you 'raw' question - always better to have too much data than not enough. As Ian says, 'down-resing' is an easy option via lots of software.
Chris first of all the 800mm was just highlighting my errors even more than normal. Now that I have tripods and the HD Jobu head it's starting to come together. Now trying extenders and that's a new learning curve again.
Grab shots or plain chance encounters I still hand hold and even there I see slight improvement but camera settings often tend to be the big stumbling block for me. I'm over equipped for my level but still trying to learn.
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10 repliesCanon 1D3 Canon 800mm f/9.5 1/350sec Handheld through the window.
small crop and resized to post.
Question I'm shooting RAW and the largest size file is this the right sellection?
Critique, Comments and Advice most welcome.
Thanks for looking.
Sorry I didn't make the question clear what I meant was should it be the large Raw size or smaller?
Depends upon the final result and what you are doing with it. If it's just for web then then shoot JPEG.
Hi Barry,
Nice one! I don't mind the man made clutter in these types of shots, shows the herons chosen habitat well
Cheers,
Lewis.
Nice enough image. Sometimes manmade clutter can be made less obtrusive if it doesn't hold a prominent place in the frame. The boards here are ok, even the blue cable is ok, what does ruin the shot for me though is the background fence's curved detail being right where your subject's head is.
As in most things photographic, make sure the background is unobtrusive. This doesn't just mean getting a mushy blur, it means finding things that don't intrude. Had this been a uniform slatted fence it would have been fine, but because the detailing is there it is what takes the eye
They are normally off at the first sign of a camera
I wouldn't change a thing - a nice example of man/wildlife co-existing.
Re you 'raw' question - always better to have too much data than not enough. As Ian says, 'down-resing' is an easy option via lots of software.
Cheers,
Chris
PS. How do you rate the 800 mm lens?
Chris first of all the 800mm was just highlighting my errors even more than normal. Now that I have tripods and the HD Jobu head it's starting to come together. Now trying extenders and that's a new learning curve again.
Grab shots or plain chance encounters I still hand hold and even there I see slight improvement but camera settings often tend to be the big stumbling block for me. I'm over equipped for my level but still trying to learn.