The overcast day blues!

raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
edited May 21, 2009 in Wildlife
It had been overcast here in the OC for a few days now. I shot these Forster's Terns at Bolsa Chica. To avoid the dreary gray shots I set my white balance to tungsten, and put a CTO gel on my flash. All shot with my 70-200 IS F2.8

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2009
    Excellent capures under some adverse conditions. clap.gif
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  • squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2009
    what Harry said! :D

    those terns must've been flying pretty close to get so much fill-in from your flash... either that or you have a searchlight mounted on your camera! eek7.gif
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2009
    I'll take the clipped wing shot! wings.gifthumb
  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2009
    Love these captures Glenn. clap.gif

    Do you normally shoot birds with a flash? Do you use high speed synch? Shed a little wisdom here if you would.

    Thanks,

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  • chrisunderwoodimageschrisunderwoodimages Registered Users Posts: 70 Big grins
    edited May 18, 2009
    Terns are a lot of fun to photograph and are magnificent hunters. Well taken.
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  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2009
    Harryb wrote:
    Excellent capures under some adverse conditions. clap.gif

    Thanks Harry! Overcast is usually a time for me to experiment.
    squirl033 wrote:
    what Harry said! :D

    those terns must've been flying pretty close to get so much fill-in from your flash... either that or you have a searchlight mounted on your camera! eek7.gif

    Thanks! They were very close. :D
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    I'll take the clipped wing shot! wings.gifthumb
    Thanks Ric! Learned that from Ben!
    dlplumer wrote:
    Love these captures Glenn. clap.gif

    Do you normally shoot birds with a flash? Do you use high speed synch? Shed a little wisdom here if you would.

    Thanks,

    Dan

    I usually use flash unless the ambient lighting is perfect. These were shot with synced flash @ 1/250 sec. If there was more light I would have switched to high speed sync, and used the flash as fill rather than the main light. I did not use my better beamer on these shots, which was a mistake.
    chrisunderwoodimages wrote:
    Terns are a lot of fun to photograph and are magnificent hunters. Well taken.

    Thanks Chris! These Forster's tern are bold, and make for good photography.
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2009
    You the master of the exposure and the experiments thereof. Very cool shots.
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2009
    Thanks Glenn for your answers. How far does a better beamer with a 580 EXII work.
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  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited May 21, 2009
    Maestro wrote:
    You the master of the exposure and the experiments thereof. Very cool shots.

    Thanks Stephen!
    dlplumer wrote:
    Thanks Glenn for your answers. How far does a better beamer with a 580 EXII work.

    A 580 EX paired with a better beamer has alot of range. But more importantly it seems to make the TTL balance when using a long lense more accurate.
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited May 21, 2009
    raptorcaptor wrote:
    Thanks Stephen!



    A 580 EX paired with a better beamer has alot of range. But more importantly it seems to make the TTL balance when using a long lense more accurate.

    Thanks very much Glennn. I have not yet purchased a BB, but I'm going to try using my 580 EX II on my bird shots for the next several days.
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