gizmo2071
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I guess in the past I've never gave much credit to wildlife photographers.
I mean, I've always loved looking at their work and appreciate it, but I never really gave much thought to the "art" in doing it.
Patience is a virtue, or so they say, but if you want to get the perfect shot out there in the wild... then it's a virtue that you must have.
Given that my array of lenses doesn't really give me much oppourtunity to get the great wildlife photos.
I have 1 zoom lens that fits my camera and thats the kit 70-200mm f/4.5 and it's quality leaves alot to be desired.
I also have another 70~200mm sigma, but thats an old screw mount lens that I fit via my M42 adapter, I also have a 3x converter which fits this lens, so (yay) that give me a good 600mm lens.
Again, the quailty isn't great and the use of the 3x converter degrades it further.
It has a minimum of f/4.5 and when used with the 3x converter, that gives it a minimum of f/11.
So what good is having a minimum f/11 and having to use stupidly slow shutter speeds to capture wildlife?
Ok I can whack the ISO up to 1600 and get a shutter speed of 1/1000th max, but then that degrades the quality even more.
I could under expose by 2 stops and then bring that back in RAW conversion afterwards.... again, losing more quality (or making more noise).
So, I give full credit to those who capture stunning wildlife shots.
One day I will be able to afford a 400mm f/2.8 and maybe a 2x converter, then maybe that will allow me to get better shots. I mean I find it very relaxing, but the frustration of my lens capabilities puts a big dampener on that.
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I mean, I've always loved looking at their work and appreciate it, but I never really gave much thought to the "art" in doing it.
Patience is a virtue, or so they say, but if you want to get the perfect shot out there in the wild... then it's a virtue that you must have.
Given that my array of lenses doesn't really give me much oppourtunity to get the great wildlife photos.
I have 1 zoom lens that fits my camera and thats the kit 70-200mm f/4.5 and it's quality leaves alot to be desired.
I also have another 70~200mm sigma, but thats an old screw mount lens that I fit via my M42 adapter, I also have a 3x converter which fits this lens, so (yay) that give me a good 600mm lens.
Again, the quailty isn't great and the use of the 3x converter degrades it further.
It has a minimum of f/4.5 and when used with the 3x converter, that gives it a minimum of f/11.
So what good is having a minimum f/11 and having to use stupidly slow shutter speeds to capture wildlife?
Ok I can whack the ISO up to 1600 and get a shutter speed of 1/1000th max, but then that degrades the quality even more.
I could under expose by 2 stops and then bring that back in RAW conversion afterwards.... again, losing more quality (or making more noise).
So, I give full credit to those who capture stunning wildlife shots.
One day I will be able to afford a 400mm f/2.8 and maybe a 2x converter, then maybe that will allow me to get better shots. I mean I find it very relaxing, but the frustration of my lens capabilities puts a big dampener on that.
</rant>
Pano shot Here!
Stretched the whole page when i posted it.
Stretched the whole page when i posted it.
And just a couple from our picnicy spot yesterday
You can notice the colour difference, i liked the sandy colour in the grass for the pano, but prefered a richer green for the portrait shot for vividity.
Thanks guys.
Matt
You can notice the colour difference, i liked the sandy colour in the grass for the pano, but prefered a richer green for the portrait shot for vividity.
Thanks guys.
Matt