birdie

MisterChun · 20th May 2008

oh my god flying birds are so difficult to take!!!!!
anyway this is probably my more or less in-focus one, the other 200 are goners.

since the background is one whole mass of heads, i'd like to ask what's a recommended cropping? how does this one look to you guys? thanks a lot!

calebk · 20th May 2008

Was this shot cropped, or as is from camera?

nigel84 · 20th May 2008

My guess is straight from the camera, with TS saying the other 200 shots were goners. The colours are great and such wing span are indeed hard to capture. Gd job...

MisterChun · 21st May 2008

oh yes calebk it's been cropped. one blurry head in the middle bottom was kinda obstructing, you still can see the top of it.
horizontally uncropped.

thx nigel, the sun that day was mad but it helped give the wings' edge a nice glow.

espion · 21st May 2008

great capture ... but u need to improve your odds

1/200 is as almost good -or bad - as a random shot, but perhaps better than shooting with P mode and eyes closed ...

MisterChun · 21st May 2008

thanks espion i wanna improve too... any tips?

took it by using manual focus to chase the vulture. servo cant really respond when its flying in my face.

anyone with similar shots care to share how they got theirs?

calebk · 21st May 2008

Hmm, the crop takes away the tips of the vulture's wings, particularly the left wing. I think having a head there is fine, especially since it's out of focus anyway.

20th May 2008	#1
MisterChun Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 57	birdie oh my god flying birds are so difficult to take!!!!! anyway this is probably my more or less in-focus one, the other 200 are goners. since the background is one whole mass of heads, i'd like to ask what's a recommended cropping? how does this one look to you guys? thanks a lot!

20th May 2008	#2
calebk Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Clementi Posts: 10,476	Re: birdie Was this shot cropped, or as is from camera? __________________ deviantART \| fotologue

20th May 2008	#3
nigel84 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 821	Re: birdie My guess is straight from the camera, with TS saying the other 200 shots were goners. The colours are great and such wing span are indeed hard to capture. Gd job... __________________ My Humble Flickr --> The pavement of my thoughts

21st May 2008	#4
MisterChun Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 57	Re: birdie oh yes calebk it's been cropped. one blurry head in the middle bottom was kinda obstructing, you still can see the top of it. horizontally uncropped. thx nigel, the sun that day was mad but it helped give the wings' edge a nice glow.

21st May 2008	#5
espion Deregistered Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,533	Re: birdie great capture ... but u need to improve your odds 1/200 is as almost good -or bad - as a random shot, but perhaps better than shooting with P mode and eyes closed ...

21st May 2008	#6
MisterChun Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 57	Re: birdie thanks espion i wanna improve too... any tips? took it by using manual focus to chase the vulture. servo cant really respond when its flying in my face. anyone with similar shots care to share how they got theirs?

21st May 2008	#7
calebk Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Clementi Posts: 10,476	Re: birdie Hmm, the crop takes away the tips of the vulture's wings, particularly the left wing. I think having a head there is fine, especially since it's out of focus anyway. __________________ deviantART \| fotologue