The babyshooter shoots birds

roygoh · 3rd June 2003

Hi,

Here are some of my feeble attempts.

Does the leaves on the left work or would the shot be better off without them? I kind of prefer keeping it. How about you?

Saw this fellow chirping away happily and did not even move an inch when I climbed up a fence that was merely 3 meters away from it.

Thanks for viewing!

Roy

Edmund · 3rd June 2003

Hmmm... my thoughts are...

The first photo:
Would have preferred it if the bird weren't tilting its head in that angle. (Not that you had any choice there

)
But I tend to agree with you about the leaves - adds something to the entire photo, much better than an empty blue sky with a lone bird.

The second photo:
Waahh.. would have thought this was a studio shot had you not mentioned how you got it.

Were the winds blowing or still when you took this? Somehow, the "spikiness" of the plant creates an impression of it being sharper than the bird itself.

roygoh · 3rd June 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Edmund
Hmmm... my thoughts are...

The first photo:
Would have preferred it if the bird weren't tilting its head in that angle. (Not that you had any choice there )
But I tend to agree with you about the leaves - adds something to the entire photo, much better than an empty blue sky with a lone bird.

The second photo:
Waahh.. would have thought this was a studio shot had you not mentioned how you got it.
Were the winds blowing or still when you took this? Somehow, the "spikiness" of the plant creates an impression of it being sharper than the bird itself.

Thank you for your feedback!

For the first picture, when I saw the bird flying over I decided to take a shot at it on impulse. At that moment I had my MF 80-200mm on my camera. With no time to think, I took aim, zoomed to 200mm, twisted the focus to infinity, and then slightly turn it back a little, and pressed the shutter release. If I have more time, I might have set the camera to continuous mode so that I can capture a few shots and hopefully one of them will have a better angle. Under the circumstances, I thought this was quite a lucky shot already.

Second shot was taken with the 80-200mm at 200mm also. There was no wind (nor atmospheric turbulance). The background was the overcast sky, and I added fill flash. Maybe the bird moved a little during the exposure, that's why it seemed not as sharp as the leaves.

Thanks again!

3rd June 2003	#1
roygoh Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Northwest Posts: 5,042	The babyshooter shoots birds Hi, Here are some of my feeble attempts. Does the leaves on the left work or would the shot be better off without them? I kind of prefer keeping it. How about you? Saw this fellow chirping away happily and did not even move an inch when I climbed up a fence that was merely 3 meters away from it. Thanks for viewing! Roy __________________ As complexity rises, precise statements lose meaning and meaningful statements lose precision.

3rd June 2003	#2
Edmund ClubSNAP Admin Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: ClubSNAP Posts: 2,030	Hmmm... my thoughts are... The first photo: Would have preferred it if the bird weren't tilting its head in that angle. (Not that you had any choice there ) But I tend to agree with you about the leaves - adds something to the entire photo, much better than an empty blue sky with a lone bird. The second photo: Waahh.. would have thought this was a studio shot had you not mentioned how you got it. Were the winds blowing or still when you took this? Somehow, the "spikiness" of the plant creates an impression of it being sharper than the bird itself.