First attempt-JBP shoot today, weather sucks!

[TrailsofLife]

First time shooting birds. Know nuts about what to look for. Still prefer to shoot people.
Here's some to share, hope all you bird-shooting specialists can teach me a tip or two.
Comments welcome! Thanks!

[TrailsofLife]

[TrailsofLife]

This one is my favourite.




This one, I tweaked the color of the lights, instead of redish-orange back light
& blue side-front light, I changed to blue backlight and red front light



The rest are here: http://photobucket.com/albums/v241/maxkcyeo/Birds-JBP/

[Vario_Elmar]

Not sure if it is due to the weather, but the photos really do not stand out like those posted recently by other shooter.

Maybe the rest can give you some good points.

But I must say your composition is really good. Keep it up.

[SINKY]

Originally Posted by Max 2.8 This one is my favourite.

like this one too, I'll post later.

due to the bad weather, most of my picture came out a bit blur, normally i use speed above 1/500 @ iso 200 for bird-shooting.

[TrailsofLife]

Thanks for your comment, Vario Elmar. Is it the color? I didn't do any post-process other than the red & blue owl one.

Would appreciate if you tell me more.

Thanks SINKY. PM me when you post.

No other advice?

[pianodancer]

Originally Posted by Max 2.8 Thanks for your comment, Vario Elmar. Is it the color? I didn't do any post-process other than the red & blue owl one. Would appreciate if you tell me more. Thanks SINKY. PM me when you post. No other advice?

Usually, colours will not be rich if it's an overcast sky. Post-processing is necessary to get the richness of the images. Try increasing the contrast and brightness, and tweak the colours. Finally, apply sharpening before uploading on the web.

[TrailsofLife]

Originally Posted by pianodancer Usually, colours will not be rich if it's an overcast sky. Post-processing is necessary to get the richness of the images. Try increasing the contrast and brightness, and tweak the colours. Finally, apply sharpening before uploading on the web.

So its the colour and contrast? Thanks for the tips!

[hhho]

Hi! Max 2.8
i'm not sure about your setup and equipment.
Here is my 1st try in JBP and it was taken at the entry to JBP
http://gallery.clubsnap.com/data/502/P7233905a_copy.jpg
My setting is
F10
1/50s
iso160
fill in flash
tripod
focal length 212mm
converted from raw file to jpeg and PS with sharping
hope it helps.
by the way, i'm also new to shooting birds
Cheers,
Patrick Ho

[TrailsofLife]

Originally Posted by hhho Hi! Max 2.8 i'm not sure about your setup and equipment. Here is my 1st try in JBP and it was taken at the entry to JBP http://gallery.clubsnap.com/data/502/P7233905a_copy.jpg My setting is F10 1/50s iso160 fill in flash tripod focal length 212mm converted from raw file to jpeg and PS with sharping hope it helps. by the way, i'm also new to shooting birds Cheers, Patrick Ho

Hi Patrick,
I use AV mode, +1, ISO400-1600(depends), no flash, hand-held. My camera is Canon 20D and 70-200 f2.8. I use this "set-up" to shoot everything else. Ha ha

FOund out from my CS friends that my pixs lacks "kodak moment". The birds are doing pretty normal things, so not interesting.

As for PS. I dun sharpen my pixs. dun like. So my workflow is just auto level/auto contrast(depends). Thats all.