Red Kites in Flight

canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
edited May 7, 2011 in Wildlife
The other week I took these photos of some Red Kites in South West Scotland. I used a 7D with a 50-500 lens. The light was good but I still used an ISO of 800 and a shutter speed of around 1/2000 and 2500 on TV mode.
Can I improve on these photos using different settings? This lens never gets any lighter!!
Cheers
Bob
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Comments

  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited May 6, 2011
    Bob I think you got some great shots given your ISO settings. I would try bringing your shutter speed to about 1000 to get better ISO. Also on an overcast day a flash with a better beamer would do wonders for these kind of shots.
    Glenn

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  • canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited May 6, 2011
    raptorcaptor wrote: »
    Bob I think you got some great shots given your ISO settings. I would try bringing your shutter speed to about 1000 to get better ISO. Also on an overcast day a flash with a better beamer would do wonders for these kind of shots.

    Thanks for that Glen I will certainly try that the next time I am in the area.
    Cheers
    Bob
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited May 7, 2011
    raptorcaptor wrote: »
    Bob I think you got some great shots given your ISO settings. I would try bringing your shutter speed to about 1000 to get better ISO. Also on an overcast day a flash with a better beamer would do wonders for these kind of shots.

    15524779-Ti.gif and I would try applying some noise reduction to the sky in those captures.
    Harry
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    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited May 7, 2011
    Harryb wrote: »
    15524779-Ti.gif and I would try applying some noise reduction to the sky in those captures.
    Yes you are right Harry. I will be honest I never noticed the noise in the sky.
    Cheers
    Bob
  • canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2011
    canon400d wrote: »
    Yes you are right Harry. I will be honest I never noticed the noise in the sky.
    Cheers
    Bob

    I probably should have started a new thread but I am using the photos I have shown and my question is. Would I do better with an extension to the bigma?
    Cheers
    Bob
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