Lovely colours and I like the desert background. I can't see any evidence of flash either, are you sure it fired? There's no catchlight in the eye (just a direct sun) or shadow around the legs, something you would expect at your high flash setting.
I can't see any evidence of flash either, are you sure it fired?
Hi David,
As you can see from the Exif data it did fire.There was actually a second tiny catchlight in the eye which I cloned out.
Regarding a shadow from the legs,because the sun was coming from directly behind me there was a slight shadow, which you can just make out on the perch below the bird's body.
The flash wouldn't have produced an additional shadow by the legs in this situation, as it's output was considerably less than the direct sunlight,even at the relatively high setting of minus 2/3 stop.
Hope this answers your query.
Thanks for looking.
Date/Time: 2006:03:22 13:20:10
Shutter speed: 1/640 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -1/3 Flash: External E-TTL High speed sync + Red eye reduction
Flash exposure compensation: -2/3
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Continuous: frame 1
ISO: 200
Lens: 100 to 400mm
Focal length: 400mm
AF mode: AI Servo AF
Image size: 3504 x 2336
Image quality: Raw
White balance: Auto
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn 8: ISO expansion: On
CFn 15: Shutter curtain sync: 2nd-curtain sync
CFn 16: Safety shift in AV or Tv: Enable
Discussion
8 replies- 1/3 stop eposure compensation, 580 EX flash @ -2/3 stop flash comp.
Evaluative, Al Servo AF, Gitzo 1548/B1.
Full frame.
Hi,
Took this shot earlier today at my winter feeding station.
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All comments always welcome and appreciated.
Good use of flash,Very pleasing portrait has all the right ingredients
Excellent results with flash - am just purchasing a 550ex myself to start using flash (I know, a long time coming
Mark
Fantastic.
Tim
Super image and BG. As has already been said excellent use of flash - I would not have known!
David
Vince
Dave
Forest of Dean
Hi David,
As you can see from the Exif data it did fire.There was actually a second tiny catchlight in the eye which I cloned out.
Regarding a shadow from the legs,because the sun was coming from directly behind me there was a slight shadow, which you can just make out on the perch below the bird's body.
The flash wouldn't have produced an additional shadow by the legs in this situation, as it's output was considerably less than the direct sunlight,even at the relatively high setting of minus 2/3 stop.
Hope this answers your query.
Thanks for looking.
Date/Time: 2006:03:22 13:20:10
Shutter speed: 1/640 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash: External E-TTL High speed sync + Red eye reduction
Flash exposure compensation: -2/3
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Continuous: frame 1
ISO: 200
Lens: 100 to 400mm
Focal length: 400mm
AF mode: AI Servo AF
Image size: 3504 x 2336
Image quality: Raw
White balance: Auto
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn 8: ISO expansion: On
CFn 15: Shutter curtain sync: 2nd-curtain sync
CFn 16: Safety shift in AV or Tv: Enable