a few birds from today

[ZombiesniperJr]

1gosling by Logan Baldwin, on Flickr


2chickadee by Logan Baldwin, on Flickr


3barn swallow by Logan Baldwin, on Flickr


4turkey vulture flight by Logan Baldwin, on Flickr


5swallow by Logan Baldwin, on Flickr


6kingfisher by Logan Baldwin, on Flickr

 

[WesternGuy]

These are all pretty good - #1 looks a bit strange - are there two goslings in this one - one behind the other?

For #4, you are shooting a dark subject against a medium sky and you have no detail in the wings, except where the feathers are white. You might try an exposure compensation of +1/2 to +1 stop (might have to experiment) to give you more detail in the dark wings. Yes you might blow out the sky a bit, but the bird is the subject, not the sky. The key is to find the proper exposure to bring out the detail in the darker feathers without blowing out the white ones.

Alternatively, you might try spot metering the dark part of the bird and see how this works.

Just my thoughts.

WesternGuy

 

[ZombiesniperJr]

Thanks yes in number one there are two the back one in the has its head down eating

 

[ZombiesniperJr]

#4 was a surprise i turned around and it was right in front of me i was shooting into the sun for that one witch made it harder

 

[baturn]

Nice set. I particularly like the chickadee.

 

[ZombiesniperJr]

Thanks

 

[WesternGuy]

#4 was a surprise i turned around and it was right in front of me i was shooting into the sun for that one witch made it harder

Shooting into the sun - - we all have our hard situations and sometimes things work and sometimes they don't. My suggestions were based on the fact that I find that various aspects of exposure compensation (EC) and metering work for me. For example, for BIFs, I almost always use spot metering and depending on the contrast between the bird and the background, I may dial in some +/- compensation to bring out as much detail as I can in the final image, or avoid blowing out the details in the feathers. As you encounter some of these more "difficult" situations, you will learn what works for you. The types of situations you will encounter range, from a white bird like an egret against a very light background and at the other end, a very dark bird like this vulture, against a very dark background. The challenge you will have is to learn how to expose for the subject and capture the detail in the feathers and not suffer too badly by either blowing out the background or underexposing it, which is not always a bad thing.

The question to ask yourself is whether you need to let in more light or compensate for the brightness by letting a bit less light and then adjust for EC appropriately. Believe it or not, the same line of reasoning works for other things such as flowers (think dark flower against a light background) and landscapes and probably some aspects of macro, because, after all, we, as photographers, are always trying to get the best exposure of our subject and the best detail.

Hope this helps.

WesternGuy

 

[jcdeboever]

Great set grasshopper.

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[ZombiesniperJr]

Thanks

 

[goooner]

Nice shooting Jr.

 

[ZombiesniperJr]

Thanks

 

[dannylightning]

1-2 and 6 are great.. the turkey vulture could use some adjustment of the shadows in lightroom if you have it.. that would bring out some more detail in the bird..

i tried to fix it up a bit. you may have better luck doint it with the raw file since it was underexposed a bit and i was getting too much noise boosting the shadows any more than this on the jpeg..

 

[ZombiesniperJr]

Thanks danny