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woodrim
Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:29 am Post subject: Saturday was for the birds |
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woodrim wrote:
On Saturday I visited a birds of prey sanctuary nearby where I live. The weather was unseasonably cold and very overcast with poor light. Most of the time I was shooting ISO400 at wide apertures. I was hoping for better photography circumstances than having most of the birds behind chain link fences, but there were some opportunities out in the open as well. These were all raptors. The ones out in the open were (somewhat) trained birds that they would release and then lure them back with food. In flight shots were very difficult as you can imagine, so I just shot quickly as they landed. I'm amazed they don't fly off to freedom.
I found that shooting through the fence was possible if the bird was far enough away and my aperture was wide open, thus not giving clarity to the foreground. The first set are with my Vivitar Series 1 200/3, mostly set at wide open. The second set is using Topcor 135/3.5, also wide open or at f/4.
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RSalles
Joined: 12 Aug 2012 Posts: 1373 Location: Brazil - RS / South
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 4:55 am Post subject: |
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RSalles wrote:
Amazing! I love birds, and the shots you made i liked a lot.
Indeed burning my tong with the Vivitar lenses...
BTW lost an auction at ebay today for a Vivitar 55 2.8 Macro C/Y for one miserable dollar, shame...
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:03 am Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
Beautiful series and birds! _________________ Orio, Administrator
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Minolfan
Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 3436 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:38 am Post subject: |
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Minolfan wrote:
Orio wrote: |
Beautiful series and birds! |
+1!! |
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pepes
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:53 am Post subject: |
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pepes wrote:
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kuuan
Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 4572 Location: right now: Austria
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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kuuan wrote:
some amazing photos, specially like the first 2 _________________ my photos on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kuuan/collections |
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David
Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 1869 Location: Denver, Colorado
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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David wrote:
Those are really great. Good bird shots indicate a good mix of photographer, camera, and lens.
Shooting through fences shouldn't post a huge challenge. With a 135, it will. I shoot intramural softball for my friends every summer and have shot zoo animals, both on the opposite side of a chain-link fence. For that I use at least a 300mm (I've used the zoom at 250mm with success. As long as I'm within about 20 inches of the fence, the aperture is wide-open (4.5 in the case of the lens I typically use) and the subject is at least 15 feet beyond the fence, the links are invisible. I'm certain there's a ratio of film plane:fence and fence:subject distance that represents the minimum differential, but I don't know what that is nor how to calculate it. _________________ http://www.youtube.com/user/hancockDavidM |
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woodrim
Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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woodrim wrote:
You are right, it's a combination of distance to fence, distance to subject, focal length, and aperture. I was restricted from getting closer than about six feet from the fence, The 200mm at f/3 seemed to do the trick on most, but there were some where the bird was too close to the fence. Photos 3, 4, 5, and 6 were through the fenceing. You can easily notice the fence pattern in number 3 background, although it gives the appearance of being behind the subject. _________________ Regards,
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Gurdie
Joined: 29 Jul 2008 Posts: 997 Location: Finland
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Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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Gurdie wrote:
Great bird pics! My favourites are #2 from the Vivitar set and #4 from the Topcor set.
P.S. The first Topcor pic looks like The Maltese Falcon. _________________ Markku
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57839 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Superb shoots, I didn't expect less , once I read who did post them, but even this expectation I say Wow! _________________ -------------------------------
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ForenSeil
Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 2726 Location: Kiel, Germany.
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 2:28 am Post subject: |
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ForenSeil wrote:
Some really stunning shots! Very well done! _________________ I'm not a collector, I'm a tester
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