Zoo shots again on 28/07/02 (1/3)

tomshen · 29th July 2002

Another full day shooting with our die-hard nature photographer megaweb. Where were the other guys?

Canon D60 + Sigma 50-500/f4-6.3 + 420ex as main setup. Sometimes a 25mm extension tube (not TC) was used to deeply blur the background... and of course on tripod. For still subject, cable release controlling to minimize camera shake. Comments welcome.

tomshen · 29th July 2002

tomshen · 29th July 2002

megaweb · 29th July 2002

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Originally posted by tomshen

the advantage of using longer zoom lens ... so close and can see more detail ...

great shots !!

tomshen · 31st July 2002

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For the mandrill shots (first two), I used extension tube to blur the background. I have to make sure the mandrill was in the range of certain focusing distance. In my case not further than 15m or so. Certainly I lost some light but still could focus quite fast. If the ambient light was too weak then I might propably fail to focus (like the case when I shot a frog in the part 2). I have already pushed the ISO to 800 but merely got a shutter speed between 1/60s~1/100s, ouch! This is a dangerous speed zone cos normally I need at least 1/125s to get sharp pix for slowly moving subjects, even on tripod. Think I should get a bigger flash gun and extender and then shoot in M mode... however, the background may be thrown into darkness, which I am not in favor and try hard to avoid.

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tomshen Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3,719	Zoo shots again on 28/07/02 (1/3) Another full day shooting with our die-hard nature photographer megaweb. Where were the other guys? Canon D60 + Sigma 50-500/f4-6.3 + 420ex as main setup. Sometimes a 25mm extension tube (not TC) was used to deeply blur the background... and of course on tripod. For still subject, cable release controlling to minimize camera shake. Comments welcome. __________________ Visit http://www.tomshenstudio.com Last edited by tomshen; 29th July 2002 at 04:05 PM.

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tomshen Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3,719	Add a few lines here: For the mandrill shots (first two), I used extension tube to blur the background. I have to make sure the mandrill was in the range of certain focusing distance. In my case not further than 15m or so. Certainly I lost some light but still could focus quite fast. If the ambient light was too weak then I might propably fail to focus (like the case when I shot a frog in the part 2). I have already pushed the ISO to 800 but merely got a shutter speed between 1/60s~1/100s, ouch! This is a dangerous speed zone cos normally I need at least 1/125s to get sharp pix for slowly moving subjects, even on tripod. Think I should get a bigger flash gun and extender and then shoot in M mode... however, the background may be thrown into darkness, which I am not in favor and try hard to avoid. __________________ Visit http://www.tomshenstudio.com