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I had a fantastic landing trip on the Bass Rock in East Lothian yesterday. The weather was a "Pea Souper!" You couldn't even see the rock from the coast when we departed! But once on the rock it was surprisingly calm and peaceful in the lee of the wind. I can only describe the experience as Amazing...a true spectacle of Mother Nature! I took the first half hour just to appreciate the scene and take it all in before rushing to get my camera out. Watching the behaviours and taking mental note of pics Id like to try and shoot.
It was my first real go at any sort of bird photography. The foggy conditions did not make it easy, especially for flying shots. Getting a high enough shutter speed to freeze the motion was tricky without just ramping the ISO up... which I don't generally like to do above ISO 400 ... This is probably a relic attitude of my film photography days. I'm sure a lesson to prob be learnt from yesterday is that I could shoot at higher ISO's with my 6d mkII and get perfectly acceptable results?
I also have a lot to learn about how much DOF you need as I rejected a lot of shots because I'd just gone too narrow! Eyes in focus but front of the beak blurred.
The focusing was really hard also! I'd only ever used Al Servo for motor sports photography which is a lot more predictable as the cars follow a set track... a lot of the time I lost potential shots by my camera just not finding the focus... not the cameras fault I hasten to add... lol... I found I had to work really hard and intensely trying to find initial focus... so any tips on that would be greatly appreciated.
So any tips, critique would be greatly appreciated!
1. WLF_031 by Captures. in.time, on Flickr
2. WLF_034 by Captures. in.time, on Flickr
3. WLF_042 by Captures. in.time, on Flickr
4. WLF_043 by Captures. in.time, on Flickr
5. WLF_047 by Captures. in.time, on Flickr
6. WLF_051 by Captures. in.time, on Flickr
7. WLF_054 by Captures. in.time, on Flickr
8. WLF_053 by Captures. in.time, on Flickr
I had a fantastic landing trip on the Bass Rock in East Lothian yesterday. The weather was a "Pea Souper!" You couldn't even see the rock from the coast when we departed! But once on the rock it was surprisingly calm and peaceful in the lee of the wind. I can only describe the experience as Amazing...a true spectacle of Mother Nature! I took the first half hour just to appreciate the scene and take it all in before rushing to get my camera out. Watching the behaviours and taking mental note of pics Id like to try and shoot.
It was my first real go at any sort of bird photography. The foggy conditions did not make it easy, especially for flying shots. Getting a high enough shutter speed to freeze the motion was tricky without just ramping the ISO up... which I don't generally like to do above ISO 400 ... This is probably a relic attitude of my film photography days. I'm sure a lesson to prob be learnt from yesterday is that I could shoot at higher ISO's with my 6d mkII and get perfectly acceptable results?
I also have a lot to learn about how much DOF you need as I rejected a lot of shots because I'd just gone too narrow! Eyes in focus but front of the beak blurred.
The focusing was really hard also! I'd only ever used Al Servo for motor sports photography which is a lot more predictable as the cars follow a set track... a lot of the time I lost potential shots by my camera just not finding the focus... not the cameras fault I hasten to add... lol... I found I had to work really hard and intensely trying to find initial focus... so any tips on that would be greatly appreciated.
So any tips, critique would be greatly appreciated!
1. WLF_031 by Captures. in.time, on Flickr
2. WLF_034 by Captures. in.time, on Flickr
3. WLF_042 by Captures. in.time, on Flickr
4. WLF_043 by Captures. in.time, on Flickr
5. WLF_047 by Captures. in.time, on Flickr
6. WLF_051 by Captures. in.time, on Flickr
7. WLF_054 by Captures. in.time, on Flickr
8. WLF_053 by Captures. in.time, on Flickr