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Had the "Invasion of the Bushtits!" today. Huge horde of them blasted through a few times, giving me some opportunities to photograph these hilarious little fuzzballs. The light was terrible, as it was overcast and snowing...and the 7D utterly sucks in this kind of light. But, the birds were fun!
Read the whole story of the invasion at my blog.
Read the whole story of the invasion at my blog.
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Very nice pics Jon, and very interesting story on your blog ... for some reason, the first time I read the first line of your post, I read it as: "Invastion of the Bull$hits today. Huge horde of them ba$tards ..." ;Djrista said:
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chauncey said:Been working on my posing techniques using Pavlov's conditioning. :
Look at my left shoulder...
And now my right shoulder please...
Had to do some blending as they were too close...those are 17" tall @ 300ppi
Lovely shots. Well done chauncey.
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Snowy in the Wind. What a winter for shooting these fellas! 70d+400mm 5.6L.
After reading a post by Neuro (thanks!) reporting some data on ISO vs DR level, i switched from using consistently ISO 200 - ISO 400 - ISO 800 (as I was used to do on my T2i) to using ISO 320 and ISO 640. Here you can find some data.
http://home.comcast.net/~NikonD70/Charts/PDR.htm#OMD%20EM-5,D700
The overall impression in real world use is that the shots are much cleaner, especially in large uniformly colored areas. Much happier with these settings - the only drawback is that the highspeed shooting seems to be a tad slower, but nothing worrying (I still got at least 10 shots with AI servo, handheld).
After reading a post by Neuro (thanks!) reporting some data on ISO vs DR level, i switched from using consistently ISO 200 - ISO 400 - ISO 800 (as I was used to do on my T2i) to using ISO 320 and ISO 640. Here you can find some data.
http://home.comcast.net/~NikonD70/Charts/PDR.htm#OMD%20EM-5,D700
The overall impression in real world use is that the shots are much cleaner, especially in large uniformly colored areas. Much happier with these settings - the only drawback is that the highspeed shooting seems to be a tad slower, but nothing worrying (I still got at least 10 shots with AI servo, handheld).
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Jack Douglas said:
Haha! Welcome aboard!
I have a similar setup in my back yard right now, where I got those Bushtit shots:
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