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+1 V nice.
Thanks guys.
Not sure why but the somewhat back-lit snow on a sunny day always looks blue and as OOF bokeh, it can pass as sky. Tough to get the exposure just right but I was shooting manual and didn't change anything for the snow.
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Posted this for comparative purposes. Top is one of the peregrine falcon on the church spire taken yesterday just after lunch with a 5DIV + 400mm DO II + 2xTC. Bottom is a similar view from this afternoon, 2 hours later, with a 5DSR + Sigma 150-600mm C at 600mm. There's not so much difference. Can't wait for Canon to produce an APS-C without an AA-filter.
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"Not sure why but the somewhat back-lit snow on a sunny day always looks blue and as OOF bokeh, it can pass as sky. Tough to get the exposure just right but I was shooting manual and didn't change anything for the snow."
Probably because you are getting the reflected light (it's what we are capturing) from the sky and when the exposure is just right the shadows are blue?
And I know people that use to say "it's just luck"
but according to my own experience that luck is coming to people who are out of home and take pictures... and know how to take them!!
Anyway, this is one of the best I have seen recently on the forum (despite of the tons excellent others), just my opinion off course!
Probably because you are getting the reflected light (it's what we are capturing) from the sky and when the exposure is just right the shadows are blue?
And I know people that use to say "it's just luck"
but according to my own experience that luck is coming to people who are out of home and take pictures... and know how to take them!! Anyway, this is one of the best I have seen recently on the forum (despite of the tons excellent others), just my opinion off course!
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snappy604 said:a few from yesterday.. trying out the sigma 150-600mm contemporary on an 80D. Works well
Nice! First one looks like Sanderling to me (by only the lack of hind toe - and even this is not very clear, no other features present in the pic), but why it's in the snow - not able to migrate to better grounds?
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ISv said:snappy604 said:a few from yesterday.. trying out the sigma 150-600mm contemporary on an 80D. Works well
Nice! First one looks like Sanderling to me (by only the lack of hind toe - and even this is not very clear, no other features present in the pic), but why it's in the snow - not able to migrate to better grounds?
While I love taking all sorts of pics and birds are among them.. I'm sadly not a birder and can't tell you specifics about what I managed to find. Live in the west coast and snow is not often and when it comes rarely long.. so it's probably fine. The snow in the pic was mostly gone the next day.
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Look on e-bird . search species maps , set to current year and zoom the map to your location . the species you searched will show up on the map.click the link and zoom the map to your location to see if there are snowies close by. They have already started moving north where I am.snappy604 said:
https://ebird.org/map/snoowl1?neg=true&env.minX=-180&env.minY=-12.90540927884171&env.maxX=180&env.maxY=86.37933261119353&zh=true&gp=false&ev=Z&mr=1-12&bmo=1&emo=12&yr=cur
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