Modern Pteradactyl | Sunday Sep 21, 2008
Went up north to my parents land this weekend. Absolutely the best weather for the last weekend of summer. I went canoeing a couple times and will post my photo findings in my next few posts. Here is one of my favorite birds. A Great Blue Heron. And in the case of this particular photo... A Great Black and White Photoshop Heron.
Over the last summer, I have tried to figure out how to get the greatest amount of success from the photos that I capture from the seat of my canoe. This is what I have figured out so far: A higher ISO because I am shooting in such a wide variety of light and have to be ready at a seconds notice, a higher shutter speed to capture motion (and offset the motion of the canoe), multi-segmented metering to try to catch the birds that are suddenly flying past me and last, but not least, auto focus. I still have a great number of photos that are blurry or not exposed correctly...but if I use the aforementioned settings, it heightens my chance of successful capture.
Oh, and add to those: First, I have to get in my canoe and be there...second, I have to be adept at paddling and balancing a camera in my lap or on my camera bag in front of me... third, I have to be very, very, very patient... and fourth, it helps to have a tasty Mountain Dew along.
Tags: blue feathers flight heron sky wings
Galleries: Welcome to the Wild Life
- Canon
- Canon EOS 30D
- F16
- 1/1250 sec
- 200.0 mm
- 800
- 0
- Normal program
- Flash did not fire, auto
- Multi-segment
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