Show your Bird Portraits

[Mikehit]

Don't know how it is supposed to work but here is my photo I was going to upload. I seem to have my AFMA sorted out.

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=109

Just thought I'd add that I'd much rather have a photo right in the post!

Jack

Great to hear,Jack. How did you 'solve' the AFMA problem in the end?

 

[Click]

Here you go, Jack

Just copy the BB Code and paste it on your post.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Folks.
I have seen other posts complaining about it being difficult to post, plus I don't want to go off and view every shot, I want to see it in the post and choose if I'm interested enough or have the time to view it uncompressed.
Also what is with all the shots getting a CR Forum watermark? If I wanted it it would be mine, or have we given away the rights to shots posted here without knowing it?

Cheers, Graham.

Here you go, Jack

Just copy the BB Code and paste it on your post.

 

[Jack Douglas]

OK, I think old age is making me senile, like returning to my childhood where BB was what I shot in the basement and left laying all over the floor much to the consternation of my parents. Oh, now I remember BB is the back button I use for focusing, but I don't use my camera to make a post. :-[

Jack

 

[Click]

The BB code is right here at the bottom:

 

[Jack Douglas]

Don't know how it is supposed to work but here is my photo I was going to upload. I seem to have my AFMA sorted out.

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=109

Just thought I'd add that I'd much rather have a photo right in the post!

Jack

Great to hear,Jack. How did you 'solve' the AFMA problem in the end?

Some strange things have been happening with the 1DX2 relative to focus.... I think. That's the problem, it's like I fought and issue for days and while I was fighting it, it went away, or did it really? We got a decent warm +4C day with sun and so out I went with target on tripod and 800 on tripod. I had enough light that I could crank the shutter to 1/4000 and so I ran through un-focus, refocus and shoot, through the full AFMA range so I could scrutinize more thoroughly the pattern of focus shift.

In spite of inconsistencies it was clear that I need something around 4 -> 6. The next day was also sunny and magically lots of feeder birds were around so I shot a ton of photos throughout that range and at a higher than preferred shutter speed (1/2000), and the results were substantially better. Of course, previously, I had started shooting at random AFMA and that had just added to the frustration. However, a previous, pretty thorough AFMA sequence had suggested +9 -> 11, with some beautifully focused shots using that setting so ...?

Click, the included photo doesn't look acceptably sharp now that I see it in the post. Is that a CR issue like before?

Jack

 

[Click]

Click, the included photo doesn't look acceptably sharp now that I see it in the post. Is that a CR issue like before?

Jack

I really don't know, Jack. Sorry.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Thanks Click. I'm really not enthused about this change at this point. I guess that's because I never considered CR to be my gallery location. I liked the informal, just drop a shot once in a while and let it fade into the sunset, format since I was posting shots to National Geographic. And if they are going to look soft with no click to see sharper feature, then I don't think I'll bother posting them. Typically, when shots were linked to Flicker, I wouldn't bother, although there were exceptions when someone was posting exceptional work.

Also, I agree with the previous comment about the water mark looking like CR owns my photo.

Jack

 

[Click]

I totally agree with you, Jack.

 

[Viggo]

Hi!

Did another try with the ducks today, I think I just need to use Case 3 and single point, so if it misses it very quickly corrects it and just work on keeping my point over the birds head. Using Case 3 with expansion was completely useless unless it was a bird far away.

 

[Click]

Very nice shot, Viggo.

 

[Viggo]

Very nice shot, Viggo.

Thanks Click! It's too difficult though, lol ;D

 

[Jack Douglas]

As I've previously mentioned, I've got shutter AF large zone and AF-ON BB as spot AI servo and it is very easy, by rocking the thumb and shutter finger, to be swinging back and forth between the two modes as quick as a flash. With the 1DX2 lighted focus points it's very easy to see what's transpiring.

Of course to this moment, I can not make any claims to this being advantageous for BIF but it seems hopeful. I'm really impressed with the possibilities since this is so incredibly easy and fast, you don't even have to relocate a finger/thumb since they rest in their usual positions.

Jack

 

[sedwards]

Red on red
Northern Cardinal
1DIV 400f5.6L+1.4xIII
1/160 , f8 , iso 800
_D4_6184 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

 

[Click]

Lovely.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Lovely.

A beauty! How did you choose the canvas to go behind?

Jack

 

[sedwards]

Lovely.

A beauty! How did you choose the canvas to go behind?

Jack

Jack , that was just a bunch of red branches . No idea what kind of bushes they are but the bark is a nice red.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Stuart.
A very nice shot, lovely colours.

Cheers, Graham.

Red on red
Northern Cardinal
1DIV 400f5.6L+1.4xIII
1/160 , f8 , iso 800
_D4_6184 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

 

[Jack Douglas]

This new format is most headache provoking - not joking. I can't believe what has transpired lately and it just might be the best thing ever because CR has tended to "waste" a lot of my time when I could be doing more useful things. Sadly, I'll miss the good folk that are here.

Jack

 

[KeithBreazeal]

Feeding time
Ospreys at Clear Lake, CA.

Osprey 2 Adult 2 Chicks IMG_0454 by Keith Breazeal, on Flickr