Backyard friends

TUeltzen

Here are a few from a couple weeks ago.


f6.3, 1/250sec. ISO 400 at 500mm


f5.6, 1/250sec. ISO 400 at 350mm


f6.3, 1/500sec. ISO200 at 500mm


Thanks for looking.
C&C Welcome

Ric Grupe

Cool birds...the Nuthatch is a favorite of mine

When shooting these guys I find it best to keep the shutter speed higher. Particularly with a long lens. Also the focus point needs to be on their little noggins!:D You will get sharper images that way.

Looks like you didn't have any good light to speak of for these. So maybe iso 500 or 640 at f/6.3 would have been a good place to start. Also at least +1/3 exposure compensation in that light is usually necessary to get that histogram over to the right where it belongs.

kdog

I think it's pretty cool the way you caught that cardinal in the background of that first one! Nice shots.

TUeltzen

Ric Grupe wrote: »

Cool birds...the Nuthatch is a favorite of mine

When shooting these guys I find it best to keep the shutter speed higher. Particularly with a long lens. Also the focus point needs to be on their little noggins!:D You will get sharper images that way.

Looks like you didn't have any good light to speak of for these. So maybe iso 500 or 640 at f/6.3 would have been a good place to start. Also at least +1/3 exposure compensation in that light is usually necessary to get that histogram over to the right where it belongs.

Thanks for the suggestions. My old Rebel doesn't do a very good job if I go over ISO 400 and yes the light was not very good. With my slow lens and camera getting the focus dead on is tough some times but I'm working at getting better.

TUeltzen

kdog wrote: »

I think it's pretty cool the way you caught that cardinal in the background of that first one! Nice shots.

Thanks kdog I really liked that one also.

TUeltzen

Here's a Dark Eyed Junco I got today. I think the exposure and focus are dead on what do you think?

Ric Grupe

TUeltzen wrote: »

Here's a Dark Eyed Junco I got today. I think the exposure and focus are dead on what do you think?

A tad soft but still good enough.:D

OlyFan

These are so lovely. Is it wrong that I LIKE the softness especially with the small birds?

TUeltzen

Thanks Ric Grupe and OlyFan. What can I do to eliminate the softens? Do you think it's camera movement or focus? I'm using a tripod and cable release.

Osprey Whisperer

You have a nice variety of neighbors it seems. nice job.

TUeltzen

Osprey Whisperer wrote: »

You have a nice variety of neighbors it seems. nice job.

Yes we do.

Thanks