The Landing

RandySmugMug

djames

Awsome series.

destes

I like the last one best myself, the nest lends some scale to the image.

ShepsMom

Awesome work Randy. What settings are you using on your cam? I love your lighting, everytime i see your work it's just perfect.

RandySmugMug

ShepsMom wrote:

Awesome work Randy. What settings are you using on your cam? I love your lighting, everytime i see your work it's just perfect.

thx

this was a very cloudy morning so that's why the background is white

i usually shoot in A for Ospreys and stop down to f7 or so as long as i can keep iso at 200 & ss at 1/800 or faster
On my 30d I set ev to -.3 or -.7 because it tends to blow highlites....

the best thing to do is to chk the histogram after every shot until u r convinced u got the metering set

zoomer

Awesome action shots.
Super job on the exposure against that sky, that had to be tough.

ShepsMom

RandySmugMug wrote:

thx

this was a very cloudy morning so that's why the background is white

i usually shoot in A for Ospreys and stop down to f7 or so as long as i can keep iso at 200 & ss at 1/800 or faster
On my 30d I set ev to -.3 or -.7 because it tends to blow highlites....

the best thing to do is to chk the histogram after every shot until u r convinced u got the metering set

Thanks!! I keep that in mind.

riddim_maker

Smooooth landing

Nir

fantastic!

RandySmugMug

zoomer wrote:

Awesome action shots.
Super job on the exposure against that sky, that had to be tough.

i like to shoot them dark (ev set -.3 or -.7) and intentionally underexpose. I use matrix metering and hit the birds body near the eyes....then since i shoot in RAW brining back the light is easy but you need to keep iso as low as poss or u will get noise where the shadows were