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Well done you for trying something totally out of your comfort zone, my vote for that.
The 2 images combined look good but just watch the halos around the smaller birds.
Yes, there is quite a bit of noise on the main bird which spoils the general look.
I would have gone for shutter priority tbh and applied a bit of exposure compensation, quite a bit.
Photographing a fairly dark subject against a light sky is always going to throw your exposure out, which ever setting you choose I suppose.
I think you could have reduced your shutter speed a bit but then movement creeps in if the birds are shifting. What about dropping the aperture to F5.6 or even F8 ?
Beware the dust bunny almost in the middle of the frame, they get everywhere
Perhaps the Critique Gallery would have been a good place to load this into, the other members of the Critique Team know far more about camera settings than me
The 2 images combined look good but just watch the halos around the smaller birds.
Yes, there is quite a bit of noise on the main bird which spoils the general look.
I would have gone for shutter priority tbh and applied a bit of exposure compensation, quite a bit.
Photographing a fairly dark subject against a light sky is always going to throw your exposure out, which ever setting you choose I suppose.
I think you could have reduced your shutter speed a bit but then movement creeps in if the birds are shifting. What about dropping the aperture to F5.6 or even F8 ?
Beware the dust bunny almost in the middle of the frame, they get everywhere
Perhaps the Critique Gallery would have been a good place to load this into, the other members of the Critique Team know far more about camera settings than me
Thanks for casting your eye over my picture Janet. Appreciated.
Hi Fiona, I have been thinking about this one - you know that feathers aren't my thing but here goes...
In principle spot metering would obviate the exposure problem - but on a small, distant, moving subject? I'd stick with centre-weighted or matrix, and exposure compensation to counter the effect of background sky. (I discussed that on the Woodhorn visit). The amount of compensation depends on the brightness of the sky, the position of the sun - have a look at how much you had to increase exposure on the bird here for guidance, but it could need anything from +1 to +3 stops.
As for the sky, a modest plus on the Dehaze slider can be very helpful.
Definitely shutter speed priority, you could try going down to 1/1500 second, even try 1/1000. Kites circle around so you should be able to try various settings.
And I'd go with Janet for larger aperture, at this distance F/5.6 could work so long as the bird is in focus - and F/5.6 would quadruple the light getting in here, allowing a lower ISO.
In principle spot metering would obviate the exposure problem - but on a small, distant, moving subject? I'd stick with centre-weighted or matrix, and exposure compensation to counter the effect of background sky. (I discussed that on the Woodhorn visit). The amount of compensation depends on the brightness of the sky, the position of the sun - have a look at how much you had to increase exposure on the bird here for guidance, but it could need anything from +1 to +3 stops.
As for the sky, a modest plus on the Dehaze slider can be very helpful.
Definitely shutter speed priority, you could try going down to 1/1500 second, even try 1/1000. Kites circle around so you should be able to try various settings.
And I'd go with Janet for larger aperture, at this distance F/5.6 could work so long as the bird is in focus - and F/5.6 would quadruple the light getting in here, allowing a lower ISO.
Thanks Moira. That all makes sense.
Not my thing either but I like the challenge.
Not my thing either but I like the challenge.
