shefjr
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What's missing here? I've for the past two days been strictly dedicated in attempting to stop the wings of birds. I have bumped up the ISO so that I can crank up the shutter speed. I have also left the aperture as wide as the lens will let me(even though I know the ideal aperture for the lens is at around f/9). I know it's all about the light and the past two days have been overcast. Maybe this lens (the bigma) can only be used on sunny days.
I'm pretty frustrated with this issue. I have been attempting to stop the birds wings for months with no improvement. I see others who have the same setup as me who produce wonderful photos of birds flying.
So my questions are,
1.Why are the wings still blurred?
2.Why does the birds head look blurred? ***I used a quality tripod set up in my home (so no wind, or other movement)
3.Why am I losing IMO so much detail?
4.Should I buy the Understanding Exposure book? Because, I feel as though this is an exposure issue on my part. I also feel I have a good understanding and grasp on the exposure triangle and how it works <----- typing this I know is an oxymoron.
Here is what I thought. If I bump up the ISO I shouldn't lose much detail because, in this case the ISO was only 800. I thought I could just use the noise reduction in PSE10 to fix some of the noise.
My setup, Sigma 150-500 5.6/6.3 on a D7000 on a giottos MT9360 with the MH 1300 ball head.
*** I also had the IS on setting 1. Be advised though that I also tested it off and I didn't notice much of a change.
The photo below is right out of the camera with no editing.
Thank you in advance for any help you can give.
John:thumbsup:
bluejays 077 by Shefjr, on Flickr
I'm pretty frustrated with this issue. I have been attempting to stop the birds wings for months with no improvement. I see others who have the same setup as me who produce wonderful photos of birds flying.
So my questions are,
1.Why are the wings still blurred?
2.Why does the birds head look blurred? ***I used a quality tripod set up in my home (so no wind, or other movement)
3.Why am I losing IMO so much detail?
4.Should I buy the Understanding Exposure book? Because, I feel as though this is an exposure issue on my part. I also feel I have a good understanding and grasp on the exposure triangle and how it works <----- typing this I know is an oxymoron.
Here is what I thought. If I bump up the ISO I shouldn't lose much detail because, in this case the ISO was only 800. I thought I could just use the noise reduction in PSE10 to fix some of the noise.
My setup, Sigma 150-500 5.6/6.3 on a D7000 on a giottos MT9360 with the MH 1300 ball head.
*** I also had the IS on setting 1. Be advised though that I also tested it off and I didn't notice much of a change.
The photo below is right out of the camera with no editing.
Camera | Nikon D7000 |
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Exposure | 0.001 sec (1/800) |
Aperture | f/6.0 |
Focal Length | 350 mm |
ISO Speed | 800 |
Thank you in advance for any help you can give.
John:thumbsup:
bluejays 077 by Shefjr, on Flickr