Post Your Best Nature Shots!

[Steve U]

What's a dictionary?
We call cattle beasts, so I think you are right, deers definitely qualify as beasts.

[Kayaker72]

A few waterfalls from yesterday:
Edit-all shot with Canon 7D mounted on a gorillapod DSLR and the EFS 15-85

@ 15 mm, 30 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800 +0.7 exposure in post- 10 Stop B+W ND filter

small-7521-2 by kayaker72, on Flickr


@32 mm, 1 sec, f/11, ISO 100, -0.6 in post, 6 stop B+W ND filter

small-7506 by kayaker72, on Flickr

@16 mm, 2.5 sec, f/11, ISO 100, 6 stop B+W ND filter

small-7478 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing...Brant

[bob williams]

Brant, Nice Set!!! The 2nd one is outstanding.

Bob

[Jayson]

Very nice Brant! Those are some great waterfall photos!

[Steph]

Very nice indeed! What are the exposure values?

[Kayaker72]

Thanks Bob, Jayson, and Steph. Always fun to get out and hike a little.

Steph, I edited the post to include exposure settings. On the first, I probably should have used the 6 stop ND and stopped down. But it started off brighter and as I was shooting clouds rolled in, it got dark so I quickly tried to adjust, dropping down to f/5.6. The posted shot was the last one I could get before the rain.

[HDNitehawk]

A recent outing to a project in Western Oklahoma

Western Oklahoma Jack Rabbit -4.jpg by hdnitehawk01, on Flickr

Western Oklahoma Jack Rabbit -3.jpg by hdnitehawk01, on Flickr

Western Oklahoma Jack Rabbit -46.jpg by hdnitehawk01, on Flickr


Western Oklahoma Jack Rabbit -56.jpg by hdnitehawk01, on Flickr

[conropl]

Brant - Your waterfalls just keep getting better. One question... why ISO 800 on the first one? It turned out good, but I was wondering why not go ISO 100 and less ND? In any case it turned out really nice.

HDNitehawk - Those are big eyes, and rabits around here do not have ears that big. Really nice detail.

[saslls]

White tail deer
September 03, 2012 by saslls, on Flickr

coyote in the same field as above.
coyote by saslls, on Flickr

[Kayaker72]

Rick...good set. Really like 1&2.

Lisa..good captures on the wildlife....

Brant - Your waterfalls just keep getting better. One question... why ISO 800 on the first one? It turned out good, but I was wondering why not go ISO 100 and less ND? In any case it turned out really nice.

Pat, first off, thanks. The reasons for ISO 800 were actually time and weather. When I first checked the exposure of the scene, I needed the 10 stop filter for a 30 sec exposure at ~ ISO 200 (which is hardly distinguishable to ISO 100, IMO). But, darker clouds moved in as I finished setting up and the first two shots were too dark. Rain start to fall during the second shot, so I bumped to ISO 800 and got the 3rd shot. By the time I got the camera back in the bag it was pouring rain.

So, if the rain hadn't started to fall in the second, I may have adjusted to the 6-stop ND. But I had little time and it was faster to adjust ISO. I do know what you are saying as noise starts to creep in pretty quick on the 7D, especially compared to the new models. There was noise in the shot that I smoothed out in post.