Re: Capturing a Killer...Worth a Look... (Hey Bret!)
- From: "MarkČ" <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:09:59 -0700
David Littlewood wrote:
In article <h2sNg.12321$c07.6997@fed1read04>, Mark²
<mjmorgan@cox.?.net.invalid> writes
I'm sure this will never happen again this way...[snip]
Went to the beach to discover a flock of crows dive-bombing a
tree-top. Why? They were after this guy... Though not sure why,
since he wasn't eating...a crow...
-Ran back to the condo in my bathing suit to grab my camera...
Ended up ruining my shirt and getting leg-cramps while climbing the
tree he sat in, but wouldn't have missed this for anything... Ended
up an amazing 5-6 feet away through the whole thing...at eye-level.
Really impressive shots Mark - a credit to the photographer, the
camera and the lens. Were you using the 70-200 f/2.8 IS?
Interesting that the exif information says "no flash used" - you would
think it would be clever enough to detect an external flash. I do
wonder if Bret's comment is a good one - would have been worth trying
400 ISO and no flash, but of course we don't know what the light was
like. I know I have been amazed at the high-ISO performance of the 5D.
David
Ya...that was something I might have done differently. Not sure what's up
with the exif (didn't look at that on Pbase), as there difinitely was flash.
But these shots did exactly what I wanted them to do.
My thinking while dangling in the tree-top was that I really wanted to avoid
the intermittent splashing of horribly-bright sunlight spots, which were
poking through in various places. If you've ever tried capturing a
forest-floor scene where you're in heavy shade...but with pockets of bright
sun...then you know how it's basically impossible to capture without
hideously blown-out spots of light all over your image. -That's why
over-cast days are perfect for forest under-growth shooting. But
anyway...to avoid this, I chose to deemphasize the dependance on ambient
light so that these overly-bright spots would be minimized. As it turns
out...it worked exactly as I meant for it to.
What I most wanted to capture was the detail. The ISO 50 was actually a
goof. I thought I was on 100 (which is why the 5D should have included
current ISO in the viewfinder at all times, rather than just while you're
changing it).
These shots served the purpose I had for them--which was to capture the
detail in the bird and his activities. When viewed at full-resolution, the
detail in many of these shots is truly stunning. Are these images perfect in
EVERY sense? No. But they are a very detailed and clear look into what is
usually a very distant activity...which we tend to see in shadowed, blurry
or obscured images.
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Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson
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