This juvenile Roseate Spoonbill just made a rare appearance here in NC on the coast. My guess is his flight plan was disrupted by the tropical storm that came up from the Gulf. Regardless he has made this area a temporary vacation stop for a while.
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Curious - im very much a beginner and have a question on your iso statement..... You used 6400 at 1/200. Why so high iso? I then notice your shutter speed and know there is correlation . Was it dark out? Why not a higher shutter and lower iso?
Tks much
Low light needs a low shutter speed to let more light in, and high iso to amplify the low signal. Lots of light means you can use a high shutter speed because a lot of light can get in in a short time and lower iso as less amplification is required (low iso = low amplification, high iso = high amplification). A simple example for you. Suppose the camera tells you need an iso of say 100 for a shutter speed of 1/100s, but you want to shoot at 1/200s. At 1/200s you let in half the light so you have to double the iso to 200 to double the amplification. Suppose you need to shoot a bird flying and you need to shoot at 1/4000s, you would need to use iso 4000 (at the aperture).
It was dark out.
Eurasian Goldfinch. I put the RF 1.4x on the 100-500 for a change today.
Nice picture Click! All your pictures are great ! keep posting!
Back again for another summer, Babou is a Yellow Crowned Night Heron who injured its leg several years ago but made a full recovery minus a knot on the right leg. I decided to do a few candid portraits while he was in the shadows as the sun dropped behind the bank of the river.
R5 600 II w/1.4x 1/160 : f/10 : ISO 800
R5 600 II w/1.4x 1/160 : f/10 : ISO 800
Very lovely colorful photos of exotic (to me) birds and their flowers, ISv.As I say - more of the same... I will try this to be the last series - till the migrants come back (if anything interesting) after month even three or I finally go to Maui in October-November for some endemics (long shot!).
Rather strong winds making difficult framing (excuses)!
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This was just a juvenile Dark Eyed Junco sitting close by waiting for his parents to bring back the good from the feeder in our backyard. These are pretty common in the PNW and not a lot of flash to them, but this little guy just looked so cute and fluffy. Taken with the Canon R5 RF100-500mm + 2xTC 1/1250th f/14 ISO 8000 and run through DxO PureRaw
Osprey parent shading its chick in Northern Idaho. Many chicks have succumbed to the heat this year in the Pacific Northwest.
R6, RF800, RF1.4x, tripod, 1120mm, f/16, ISO 800-1600, OOC jpgs, LR on iPad.
More to process when I get home.
R6, RF800, RF1.4x, tripod, 1120mm, f/16, ISO 800-1600, OOC jpgs, LR on iPad.
More to process when I get home.
Agreed on both accounts.
Many osprey nests are empty this year. More bald eagles around than in the past.
So far I’m quite happy with the RF 800 at f/11 and 1120 at f/16 in daylight which covers most of my wildlife shooting. I’m still learning about this combination, but I’m getting better results than the 100-400L II with the EF 2XIII on my 1DX2 which is also due to the improved AF and IS on the R6.
These are around 25% crops so the RF 2X (and f/22) is tempting when I can’t get closer as in this case. I find f/11 acceptable in the golden hours (sunrise/sunset) with higher ISO and the DeepPrime noise reduction in DxO PL4.
A tripod and remote trigger can be helpful - I forgot the trigger for these. I was traveling light this year so I used a lightweight Gitzo 1 Traveler tripod instead of the Gitzo 3 Systematic I usually bring. Might have been sharper otherwise.
