big glass shots 425 yds away with rangefinder

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Hawks

 

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[Derrel]

These seem a bit underexposed. Honestly, these do not look too good.

 

[matthewo]

still way too far away

I think there is potential, most equipment I capable of making a good photo if used right.

with a range finder or anything that is not going to have the best IQ your going to have to fill the frame with the subject and do some sharping and make sure you run as low ISO as possible. your image is going to need to look as good as possible straight OOC or else problems are just going to be magnified when you start editing it.

 

[amolitor]

Yeah, these things are pretty underexposed. Your camera should be able to meter with that thing, surely, and it looks like you had tons of shutter speed. Did you have some exposure compensation dialed in or something?

Missed focus, for sure, as well.

 

[samm]

They sure are .Just playing with glass.Ill get use to it soon .Im just a shootin to shoot anything right now .Ill fine tune ltr when i have more time .I dont like the manual focus .Im fixin to get the new auto vr 800mm .

 

[amolitor]

Oh, maybe it's just too radical a crop. That makes sense.

 

[samm]

No crop .Just as i shot them .

 

[amolitor]

Well, then, the following possibilities are in play:

- you're shooting DX instead of FX (in which case you're cropping, but in-camera)
- you were not 425 yards out, more like 180yards
- those hawks have a wingspan of approximately 10 feet

 

[samm]

Well, then, the following possibilities are in play:

- you're shooting DX instead of FX (in which case you're cropping, but in-camera)
- you were not 425 yards out, more like 180yards
- those hawks have a wingspan of approximately 10 feet

Guess i better check my range finder.It may be off .ill go a know distance and check it out .

Well the range finder dosent read like it should .Its going in the garbage .On to a new one .10yrs old it is now .

 

[amolitor]

A random story. I race sailboats from time to time. A useful thing to know when you're sailing is how far it is to a "mark" of the course, which is just a floating object on the water, typically. Judging distances on the water is.. tricky.

It turns out that having a golfer on board is HUGE for these things. He just glances at the mark and says '120 yards' and you're done. Super nice.

 

[matthewo]

10 feet, huh?

storks and swans maybe, but not hawks

 

[samm]

I believe hawks are around 40 to 48'' span .

 

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