The first shots look like a juvenile Bald Eagle to me but I will leave a
definitive ID to experts.
What I try to do under such conditions is:
a. Exposure comp to overexpose by 1-1.5 stops. If you have a chance,
check RGB histograms to see that at least R and G are right at the right edge,
B might be beyond the right edge.
b. ISO at least 800, 1600 or 3200 are ok.
c. f/8 or f/11
d. plan on bringing up Shadows and Contrast in LR later
e. Plan on noise reduction later.
f. Don’t bother shooting anything very far away.
g. If your only shot is too far away, don’t drastically crop; just
leave it as a shot of a bird too far away.
h. While the bird is too far away, take the time then to fiddle with
camera settings and get better set up for if/when he comes back closer to
within decent shooting range.
I think this recipe gives shooters like me a chance to capture good-enough
shots. I have dozens and dozens of shots where I violated most if not all of
these guidelines, and very few of those shots have ever been salvaged through
post processing. Better I should have taken a deep breath and tried to take a
few good shots with proper settings. And taken the time to just enjoy the sight
of the bird.
stan
> On Apr 6, 2017, at 4:41 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The pictures are utter crap, and I'd be interested to hear suggestions in
> case I get another opportunity. Driving back to Newport from Yachats I saw
> an interesting bird on the beach, pulled over at a park, took a couple of
> shots with the bigma on the K-3, but it flew off. I wandered around a bit,
> thought I found it, tried a couple more. Then tried some shots in Waldport
> (no interesting birds) and up Beaver Creek, where Mom said there was an
> Eagle's nest. Up Beaver Creek, I mostly saw some geese, but might have
> gotten another shot or two of another eagle.
>
> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157682171561896/
>
> I was shooting against an overcast sky, which creates challenges. My shutter
> speed was mostly around 1/320 aperture in the f/8 range.
> Should I have leaned harder on the ISO to get more shutter speed or DoF? Or
> are any shots in these conditions going to turn out crappy?
>
> --
> Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc
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