Birds are generally un-phased by lightning which is
much brighter in comparison to to the ambient light
than you could possibly produce with any hand
hold-able flash.
Some natural light photographers might object on the
basis of artifice but the wildlife will probably go on
about their business without even taking any notice.
--- John Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 10, 2001 4:26 PM, Paul Jones
> [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I took some shots last weekend of a couple of
> birds in a tree, I just let
> > the camera meter normally and the photos came with
> birds to dark and sky
> > normal.
> >
> > I feel in this situation some fill flash would
> have worked, but if i had of
> > used the flash i only would have got one shot
> before the birds flew off.
> >
> > If i has have bracketed the shot is it possible
> that i would have found a
> > happy medium between the exposure of the sky and
> the birds?
> >
> > Gotta love these sunny aussie summers :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Paul Jones
>
>
>
> Hi Paul:
>
> Probably the light coming from the sky behind the
> birds was so bright that
> normal bracketing would not help. The only
> non-flash solution is to spot-meter
> for the birds themselves, letting the sky wash out.
> Alternatively, if you had
> the opportunity to put some foliage behind the birds
> by changing viewpoint,
> that too would help.
>
> I recently used flash on some honey-eaters that were
> bold enough to be feeding
> about eight feet from where I was having breakfast,
> and they were totally
> unfazed by it! Mind you, they are very used to
> people, and appeared very
> relaxed that we should be invading their space....
>
> John Coyle
> Brisbane, Australia
>
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