Harry.G
Well-known member
Hi Guys ..
Up for Critique are a few shots of "Coal Tits" and a Goldfinch taken back in June of this year, please feel free to offer your thoughts, good bad or indifferent...
By this time I was 4 months into photography and was desperately trying to take any sort of shot that resembled something sharp..
I love this particular image below because it reminds me of how close I was coming to nailing a real good shot in decent light.. I had watched a mother bird for a couple of hours trying to entice her Chicks away from the nest when all of a sudden there were wings flapping, squeaking and squawking everywhere and to my surprise the branch was full of chicks all vying for the best seat at the table . I would love to replicate this shot with better lighting
D500 - 1/1000 - F/9 - 140mm - ISO4032 handheld (June 5th 2020)
A day later and things were looking up as the light was much better for the shot taken below, my main thought was to try and achieve a good composition
D500 - 1/1600 - f/5.6 - 220mm - ISO 3592 - handheld (June 6th 2020)
Good composition was my main aim For the final shot and I sort of realised without really knowing it that these little Goldfinches tended to sit a bit longer and not dash about as much as the Coal Tits, so something in the back of my head said "Lower the shutter speed" and in turn the ISO dropped (I hadn`t honestly realised that doing so would result in a much cleaner image)
D500 - 1/250 - f/7.1 - 270mm - ISO 500 - tripod mounted
Thanks for looking
Harry.G
Up for Critique are a few shots of "Coal Tits" and a Goldfinch taken back in June of this year, please feel free to offer your thoughts, good bad or indifferent...
By this time I was 4 months into photography and was desperately trying to take any sort of shot that resembled something sharp..
I love this particular image below because it reminds me of how close I was coming to nailing a real good shot in decent light.. I had watched a mother bird for a couple of hours trying to entice her Chicks away from the nest when all of a sudden there were wings flapping, squeaking and squawking everywhere and to my surprise the branch was full of chicks all vying for the best seat at the table . I would love to replicate this shot with better lighting
D500 - 1/1000 - F/9 - 140mm - ISO4032 handheld (June 5th 2020)
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A day later and things were looking up as the light was much better for the shot taken below, my main thought was to try and achieve a good composition
D500 - 1/1600 - f/5.6 - 220mm - ISO 3592 - handheld (June 6th 2020)
You can only see EXIF info for this image if you are logged in.
Good composition was my main aim For the final shot and I sort of realised without really knowing it that these little Goldfinches tended to sit a bit longer and not dash about as much as the Coal Tits, so something in the back of my head said "Lower the shutter speed" and in turn the ISO dropped (I hadn`t honestly realised that doing so would result in a much cleaner image)
D500 - 1/250 - f/7.1 - 270mm - ISO 500 - tripod mounted
You can only see EXIF info for this image if you are logged in.
Thanks for looking
Harry.G