Harry,
Wow,your kicking a** on these birdies.
Dirty up the place more often
John
Between the Reznick workshop and that new lens I'm seeing some real improvement.
Telling me to dirty up the place is like telling Andy to have some ribs.
Harry
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All I have to say is... Awesome! BTW, what shuttle speed were you using for the water shots?
Thank you. The shutter speed for the heron was 1/500 sec, ISO 200 ev adjustment -2/3; the little blue heron 1/640 sec, ISO 200, ev adjustment -2/3; the snowy egret 1/1000 sec, ISO 200, ev adjustment -1.7.
You can see that I had to make a rather drastic ev adjustment to avoid blowing out the white egret and that would explain the higher shutter speed.
Harry
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Great series with the new lens. I can see you are adjusting to a new climates and subjects very well.
What version of the lens do you have? I've been looking for the same focal length, but need to buy used & save some $$. I noticed there are two versions out there, the AF-S & non AF-S.
Great series with the new lens. I can see you are adjusting to a new climates and subjects very well.
What version of the lens do you have? I've been looking for the same focal length, but need to buy used & save some $$. I noticed there are two versions out there, the AF-S & non AF-S.
Thanks,
Dave
I have the AF-S version. I bought it now because there's a $2oo rebate from Nikon through the end of hte year
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Thanks for the link. I was actually looking for the older version used to save a little $$, but the new model is getting better reviews. I just bought the D2H this past weekend (love the price drop!) so I'll just have to save for the AF-S
I like the side by side picture. That new AF-S version is a fattie! It should feel right at home with me
Thanks for the link. I was actually looking for the older version used to save a little $$, but the new model is getting better reviews. I just bought the D2H this past weekend (love the price drop!) so I'll just have to save for the AF-S
I like the side by side picture. That new AF-S version is a fattie! It should feel right at home with me
Thanks,
Dave
I think the AF-S version is worth the extra $. Keep an eye on e-bay and other places. There are quite a few Nikon users who are so outraged over the D2H price drop that they are moving over to Canon. You may see some used AF-S versions for sale.
Harry
Harry http://behret.smugmug.com/NANPA member 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!"
I think the AF-S version is worth the extra $. Keep an eye on e-bay and other places. There are quite a few Nikon users who are so outraged over the D2H price drop that they are moving over to Canon. You may see some used AF-S versions for sale.
Harry
I see a lot of people screaming about the big price drop, thats how I heard about it. The timing was actually perfect. My D70 shutter died Saturday night doing some 30 second night exposures. After the initial "OH CRAP" I started thinking about having a second body...enter stage left, D2H. I've never been happier. I love the speed & big viewfinder. The 4mp is excellent, and not limiting for what I do.
Thanks for your 300 f/4 input. I will wait for a good AF-S deal before I buy.
Harry, so that workshop kind of taught you to usually underexpose for lighter colored birds..........and maybe herons, too?
I screwed that up early fall, lost all the egrets, thought it was shake, thought on it all fall and figured out that shake or not, I would have been better off putting the darn exposure at minus 2 the whole time, if I were expecting any white birds. I was shooting RAW. So I could have gotten the dark parts back, but no way were those birds less than indistinguishable white blobs........no detail. In the area around them, yes (they kind of far away)
I took all that in my heart and pondered it. Amazing how things stick with you.
When the egrets come back from your land, and they roost here, I want to be ready.
We have so many birds here right now, but no egrets that I have seen. I had forgotten that they go south and others come down. I have saved a bird photo just for you.
Monday night, I was by myself, silence, end of the shrimp boat walkway, turned around. The bird on the end of the piling noticed me at the same time I noticed him. Scared the hell out of each other! I think my camera fired once, though it was a long time in coming. Did you know those birds can scream? I am going to stalk that bird for the rest of his natural life. He almost scared me into the creek! camera, aids and all.
So, Harry, I thought of you and hoped that maybe you could help me ID this little cutie. Thought maybe you had some matching shots or something.
(Well the bird was scared, poor thing)
g
At least I think that is the one who got away...........the bigger one, I mean. They all got away. It was not a good night for me and birds. Gotta remember that 1600 ISO when it turns to dark. On the other hand, got some nice shots with less grain............. I am going back, mark my words.
Did this guy tell you anything about shooting them as it gets dark, or finding them: I mean what was this giant doing on that piling?
I did what any American male would do when faced with the prospect of being in the same house with two women in the middle of a cleaning frenzy - I grabbed my camera and my new 300mm/f4 lens and hightailed it out of there. I was impressed with the new lens. Here's a Great Blue Heron
Harry,
Whew! That Eagle was looking right at you! Great Shots out there!
That Damn gator! I see him everytime I go!
When setting exposure on a bird shot you will usually be trying to underexpose a tad. Great Egrets and Snowy Egrets are very, very white so you will be underexposing anywhere from -0.7 to -1.7. I will usually take a quick pic before I make my approach and check the histogram. With birds you usually are exposing for the bird and not the whole scene. You want to avoid blown out details on the bird. You can recover shadows in PS but you can't recover blown out details.
I kind of like that shot. Sort of surreal feeling to it. As for IDing that bird I wll take a pass. I'm pretty good at IDing the suckers but this one is beyond my knowledge. I do have quite a few similar shots.
Yes, those birds can make some noise. You must have given the guy a scare. Birds have two prime goals in life - mating and feeding. They spend most of their day feeding so your guy was more than likely looking for food. They will hang around docks where folks and/or boats fish looking for scraps.
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You just made me eat a mince pie... in the middle of the day... during my "not eating mince pies time"...in fact... I think I may eat another one...:cry
Hey, you all, the "feeders", not the Fockers............I know a great piling rumored to be surrounded by wonderful FRESH seafood!
Please let me know when you all plan to be there, I will have my camera. In fact, Harry, maybe you can run up here and join me, since you are the expert at catching these creatures.
If I get this shot, of Andy and Lynn on my piling, do you suppose I would get POTD? If no camera shake, proper exposure and so on.........?
ginger
I can have ribs brought in. Just please don't screech like that other bird did!
We might all get wet!
Andy, did you notice that in those photos, the more you ate, the thinner and younger you got?
Would mince meat interfere with that process?
Love it!
The piling is empty now, but just before dark is best...............completely quiet, too, unless a bird decides to scream. Will not only provide ribs, with the seafood, I will make a pie, uh, make that buy a pie.
Harry http://behret.smugmug.com/NANPA member 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!"
Harry,
Whew! That Eagle was looking right at you! Great Shots out there!
That Damn gator! I see him everytime I go!
Its always a thrill to see an eagle. I was afraid I wouldn't get rhe shot. I had just put my Sigma tele-extender on which meant I had to use manual focus.
I used to like the gators but I've been down on them ever since one got one of the parent Black Belly Whistling Ducks. :cry
Harry
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Between the Reznick workshop and that new lens I'm seeing some real improvement.
Telling me to dirty up the place is like telling Andy to have some ribs.
Harry
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You can see that I had to make a rather drastic ev adjustment to avoid blowing out the white egret and that would explain the higher shutter speed.
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!"
What version of the lens do you have? I've been looking for the same focal length, but need to buy used & save some $$. I noticed there are two versions out there, the AF-S & non AF-S.
Thanks,
Dave
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You find excellent reviews of both lenses here: http://bythom.com/nikon.htm
Harry
http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
Thanks for the link. I was actually looking for the older version used to save a little $$, but the new model is getting better reviews. I just bought the D2H this past weekend (love the price drop!) so I'll just have to save for the AF-S
I like the side by side picture. That new AF-S version is a fattie! It should feel right at home with me
Thanks,
Dave
http://www.lifekapptured.com (gallery)
Harry
http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
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!"
I see a lot of people screaming about the big price drop, thats how I heard about it. The timing was actually perfect. My D70 shutter died Saturday night doing some 30 second night exposures. After the initial "OH CRAP" I started thinking about having a second body...enter stage left, D2H. I've never been happier. I love the speed & big viewfinder. The 4mp is excellent, and not limiting for what I do.
Thanks for your 300 f/4 input. I will wait for a good AF-S deal before I buy.
Dave
http://www.lifekapptured.com (gallery)
I screwed that up early fall, lost all the egrets, thought it was shake, thought on it all fall and figured out that shake or not, I would have been better off putting the darn exposure at minus 2 the whole time, if I were expecting any white birds. I was shooting RAW. So I could have gotten the dark parts back, but no way were those birds less than indistinguishable white blobs........no detail. In the area around them, yes (they kind of far away)
I took all that in my heart and pondered it. Amazing how things stick with you.
When the egrets come back from your land, and they roost here, I want to be ready.
We have so many birds here right now, but no egrets that I have seen. I had forgotten that they go south and others come down. I have saved a bird photo just for you.
Monday night, I was by myself, silence, end of the shrimp boat walkway, turned around. The bird on the end of the piling noticed me at the same time I noticed him. Scared the hell out of each other! I think my camera fired once, though it was a long time in coming. Did you know those birds can scream? I am going to stalk that bird for the rest of his natural life. He almost scared me into the creek! camera, aids and all.
So, Harry, I thought of you and hoped that maybe you could help me ID this little cutie. Thought maybe you had some matching shots or something.
(Well the bird was scared, poor thing)
g
At least I think that is the one who got away...........the bigger one, I mean. They all got away. It was not a good night for me and birds. Gotta remember that 1600 ISO when it turns to dark. On the other hand, got some nice shots with less grain............. I am going back, mark my words.
Did this guy tell you anything about shooting them as it gets dark, or finding them: I mean what was this giant doing on that piling?
Whew! That Eagle was looking right at you! Great Shots out there!
That Damn gator! I see him everytime I go!
Hi Ginger,
When setting exposure on a bird shot you will usually be trying to underexpose a tad. Great Egrets and Snowy Egrets are very, very white so you will be underexposing anywhere from -0.7 to -1.7. I will usually take a quick pic before I make my approach and check the histogram. With birds you usually are exposing for the bird and not the whole scene. You want to avoid blown out details on the bird. You can recover shadows in PS but you can't recover blown out details.
I kind of like that shot. Sort of surreal feeling to it. As for IDing that bird I wll take a pass. I'm pretty good at IDing the suckers but this one is beyond my knowledge.
Yes, those birds can make some noise. You must have given the guy a scare. Birds have two prime goals in life - mating and feeding. They spend most of their day feeding so your guy was more than likely looking for food. They will hang around docks where folks and/or boats fish looking for scraps.
Here's a shot of a Great Egret taking off
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Please let me know when you all plan to be there, I will have my camera. In fact, Harry, maybe you can run up here and join me, since you are the expert at catching these creatures.
If I get this shot, of Andy and Lynn on my piling, do you suppose I would get POTD? If no camera shake, proper exposure and so on.........?
ginger
I can have ribs brought in. Just please don't screech like that other bird did!
We might all get wet!
Would mince meat interfere with that process?
Love it!
The piling is empty now, but just before dark is best...............completely quiet, too, unless a bird decides to scream. Will not only provide ribs, with the seafood, I will make a pie, uh, make that buy a pie.
ginger
I had a nice thread going on here discussing wildlife shooting and you start posting pics of yourself eating!
Hmmm. Nevermind. I see your point.
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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!"
Its always a thrill to see an eagle. I was afraid I wouldn't get rhe shot. I had just put my Sigma tele-extender on which meant I had to use manual focus.
I used to like the gators but I've been down on them ever since one got one of the parent Black Belly Whistling Ducks. :cry
Harry
http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
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!"