First day of spring!

[coastalconn]

And it was freaking snowing again. WTH is going in CT.. Anyways had an hour before I had to go to work. Played around with some fill flash. Comments welcome and thanks for looking..

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Blue Jay 1 3_21 by krisinct- Thanks for 5 Million views as of Jan 12, on Flickr

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Robin 3_21 by krisinct- Thanks for 5 Million views as of Jan 12, on Flickr

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Blue Jay 2 3_21 by krisinct- Thanks for 5 Million views as of Jan 12, on Flickr

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Sparrow 3_21 by krisinct- Thanks for 5 Million views as of Jan 12, on Flickr

5 Two from before the snow...
Red Winged Black Bird 3_18 by krisinct- Thanks for 5 Million views as of Jan 12, on Flickr

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Cowbird 3_17 by krisinct- Thanks for 5 Million views as of Jan 12, on Flickr

 

[WesternGuy]

Kris, these look very nice. You have aptly demonstrated the effective use of fill flash as a worthwhile accessory in bird photography. Had you not told us, must of us would probably not have known.

WesternGuy

 

[MSnowy]

Nice set Kris. Your other friends should be arriving soon!

 

[coastalconn]

Nice set Kris. Your other friends should be arriving soon!

There are a few around.. Poor Osprey, not the typical spring weather they return too.. I have found a few new spots over the winter that seem promising.. If only work and weather would cooperate...

 

[BillM]

What is this "Spring" thing you are talking about ?????

Nice shots

 

[pgriz]

Very nice images, Kris. The blue jays look as pissed off about the snow as you are. The fill flash is very natural-looking, and is revealed pretty much only by the catch-lights in the eyes. I would be thrilled to have captured any of these images.

 

[baturn]

Very nice, particularly the RBW. The few times I have tried flash for birds, i got the dreaded "slate eye" And have not been able to solve for it.

 

[coastalconn]

Thank you everyone!

Very nice, particularly the RBW. The few times I have tried flash for birds, i got the dreaded "slate eye" And have not been able to solve for it.

What I am figuring out is that you can't rely on the flash as your only light source. I shoot these as pretty low shutters to use as much natural light as possible. I also discovered that spot metering doesn't work well with the flash, so I set it to matrix and used EC as needed. I used my cheap mk-910 without a beamer for these. The RWBB was the only one with no flash I think..

 

[Hunter58]

Very nice set.

 

[baturn]

Thank you everyone!

Very nice, particularly the RBW. The few times I have tried flash for birds, i got the dreaded "slate eye" And have not been able to solve for it.

What I am figuring out is that you can't rely on the flash as your only light source. I shoot these as pretty low shutters to use as much natural light as possible. I also discovered that spot metering doesn't work well with the flash, so I set it to matrix and used EC as needed. I used my cheap mk-910 without a beamer for these. The RWBB was the only one with no flash I think..

ThanksKris. I'll give it a try. oh ,and I meant RWBB.