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Common Buzzards
There were half a dozen common buzzards about in the big trees at the end of the garden today. The dogs put them up but I managed a few shots.
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wasn't going to bother with this one but I liked the shape.
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wasn't going to bother with this one but I liked the shape.
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Always love your bird shots Phil and these are no exception.
You said before you have it on spot metering, is the focus light just one (center) or do you leave them all on?
You said before you have it on spot metering, is the focus light just one (center) or do you leave them all on?
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Nicely exposed against the sky some appear to be in pristine condition.
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Thanks folks.
Skyline - as general rule of thumb - if I'm just walking about anticipating photographing any bird in flight (with the 40D) I tend to just have the camera set for spot metering otherwise too much of the sky is taken into account and the bird just ends up an under-exposed silhouette. I'll also add a little bit of overexposure (a stop to the right) just to make sure. I'll have ISO set to about 800, AF set to AI SERVO (so I can track it) with just centre point focus active. On the 1D Mark 2 you can have the surrounding focus points also acting as 'assist' focus points which helps with little birds that are harder to track.
Skyline - as general rule of thumb - if I'm just walking about anticipating photographing any bird in flight (with the 40D) I tend to just have the camera set for spot metering otherwise too much of the sky is taken into account and the bird just ends up an under-exposed silhouette. I'll also add a little bit of overexposure (a stop to the right) just to make sure. I'll have ISO set to about 800, AF set to AI SERVO (so I can track it) with just centre point focus active. On the 1D Mark 2 you can have the surrounding focus points also acting as 'assist' focus points which helps with little birds that are harder to track.
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Kit 1 Canon 1D Mark 3 Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II |
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Great shots Phil, I envy your back yard, you have some wonderful wild life to hand 
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Nice captures Phil - I like 5 too
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I love em all but I like the last one the best mainly because its different to the norm.
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Originally Posted by Phil
Thanks folks.
Skyline - as general rule of thumb - if I'm just walking about anticipating photographing any bird in flight (with the 40D) I tend to just have the camera set for spot metering otherwise too much of the sky is taken into account and the bird just ends up an under-exposed silhouette. I'll also add a little bit of overexposure (a stop to the right) just to make sure. I'll have ISO set to about 800, AF set to AI SERVO (so I can track it) with just centre point focus active. On the 1D Mark 2 you can have the surrounding focus points also acting as 'assist' focus points which helps with little birds that are harder to track.
Skyline - as general rule of thumb - if I'm just walking about anticipating photographing any bird in flight (with the 40D) I tend to just have the camera set for spot metering otherwise too much of the sky is taken into account and the bird just ends up an under-exposed silhouette. I'll also add a little bit of overexposure (a stop to the right) just to make sure. I'll have ISO set to about 800, AF set to AI SERVO (so I can track it) with just centre point focus active. On the 1D Mark 2 you can have the surrounding focus points also acting as 'assist' focus points which helps with little birds that are harder to track.
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ISO 800 on the 40D Phil, must give that a try i rarely go above 400 myself.