Denise try shooting in natural light for a bit...some of your flash photos have an overexposed look and most bird photos don't require flash. Plus you have what it takes (gear and oppurtunity-wise) to make your photos look a lot better. Give it a shot.
my 0.000002¢
It was probably more my post-processing than my flash but I do very rarely use flash except for macros now and portraits which I have never posted. I only used flash today because it was more like night outside it was sostormy and very gloomy.
Woe is me, I forgot the T1i since I didn't think I would be taking as many photos as I would video. The opposite happened...
My video cam does take some nice pictures, however.
Craig, I'd stick with the T1i. It does shoot video, you know?
I'd really like to see one of those grebes. Lucky you.
Originally Posted by ddt0725
Sorry. I was being stupid again [sn]
But WAIT! The purpose of fill flash for birds is to be used when it's sunny and very bright and when there are LOTS of shadows. On gloomy days using flash can be tricky.
I just love my 400mm 5.6! it makes me think selling my 300mm 2.8[]
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What was the shutter speed on that shot? It looks great
Graig
the shooting info was here AV 5.6 ,TV 1/1000, iso 200, evaluative metering with -1/3 compensation. and thanks for the kind words.
Brendan
Geeee, you are still thinking my 300mm2.8?!, that's scary![:@], I know you like Arthur Morris and remember he has said he prefer a longer slower lens over a shorter faster lens? I hope you listen to him so my 300mm will be safe[]
I'm just playing. The real reason the 300 2.8 is nice is that it has superior sharpness, especially with TCs. At 500mm-800mm wide open apertures are really unusable sometimes, and the 300 + 1.4x/2x TC really offer no loss of IQ or usable aperture. And it is Canon's cheapest supertelephoto. Not that it's cheap, though [8o|]
Arthur Morris is amazing. Every time I see his images I think they're awesome and then he points out like 10 technical errors that I never would have seen.
got this one today, do you guys like the lighting or not? i know it's
very harsh though, I took it at noon. 7D, 400mm 5.6, -2 full stop
exposure compensation
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