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Post by bfhammer on Mar 21, 2022 1:42:01 GMT
By serious photos, I mean I actually left home to take photos. Patrick Marsh, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Still mostly ice-covered. No geese to see, but I have noticed an increase in cranes around the area this past week or so. Ducks and gulls are steady in population. These are all taken with my longest and heaviest lens while hand-holding. I discarded 95% of the shoot as out of focus or motion blurred. Had a particularly tough time tracking the birds flying. Only 3 or 4 actually caught a good focus. But I am still adjusting, and I may be using my old D750 more with this 150-600mm lens instead of the new camera.
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Post by zeb on Mar 21, 2022 3:03:22 GMT
They look really clean and sharp. I doubt you could get many more clear shots with such a long lens, hand held, with moving targets. I'd say it showed a lot of skill. Looks like it was a beautiful day!
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Post by bfhammer on Mar 21, 2022 3:51:32 GMT
They look really clean and sharp. I doubt you could get many more clear shots with such a long lens, hand held, with moving targets. I'd say it showed a lot of skill. Looks like it was a beautiful day! The lens and the camera sensor have image stabilization, and the camera kept the shutter speed fairly fast. I was in A-mode and set the aperture to the widest, with auto-ISO on. So the camera body set the shutter speed and ISO and at least did a good job of not shooting too slow. A monopod would have helped me. But the autofocus has so many options to set that I am still learning what to use in what scenario. And the viewfinder does freeze as an image is being taken. That is something that cannot be altered since the sensor is occupied recording the image. An optical view finder would just be blacked-out as the photo takes, but somehow that is less disorientating than watching the motion freeze. It messes with me trying to follow a bird fly.
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Post by zeb on Mar 21, 2022 20:12:05 GMT
They look really clean and sharp. I doubt you could get many more clear shots with such a long lens, hand held, with moving targets. I'd say it showed a lot of skill. Looks like it was a beautiful day! The lens and the camera sensor have image stabilization, and the camera kept the shutter speed fairly fast. I was in A-mode and set the aperture to the widest, with auto-ISO on. So the camera body set the shutter speed and ISO and at least did a good job of not shooting too slow. A monopod would have helped me. But the autofocus has so many options to set that I am still learning what to use in what scenario. And the viewfinder does freeze as an image is being taken. That is something that cannot be altered since the sensor is occupied recording the image. An optical view finder would just be blacked-out as the photo takes, but somehow that is less disorientating than watching the motion freeze. It messes with me trying to follow a bird fly. Oh, yeah, I didn't realize it was so tricky. So you're tracking a bird in the viewfinder, and the display freezes, but you need to keep tracking. Keep practicing!
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Post by russmurray on Mar 22, 2022 0:49:43 GMT
Great shots Chris. I reckon things will even get better as you become more familiar with yer new rig. I should get off my duff and drag out my DSLR and start shooting.
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Post by danb on Mar 27, 2022 23:23:57 GMT
Very nice pictures Chris.
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