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Anguslau
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Wigeon (赤頸鴨)
« on: Nov 20th, 2004, 6:42pm » |
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It was diffcult to isolate individual ducks from this group to get a clean shot with both good lighting and water. I also found it very challenging to handle the contrast range as well when under direct sunlight. The white feather is always blown!  Although I tried many shots that morning, not really one I was particularly pleased with... Argh! Have to try harder next time. 
Wigeon (赤頸鴨)
Mai Po (米埔)
19/11/2004
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#1 1D Mark II, EF600+2x, f/11, 1/400s, iso800
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#2 1D Mark II, EF600+2x, f/11, 1/400s, iso800
http://www.pbase.com/anguslau/image/36558040.jpg
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Re: Wigeon (赤頸鴨)
« Reply #1 on: Nov 20th, 2004, 6:58pm » |
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公鳥的花紋很清楚，但是好像紅了一點。
Very clear pattern on the male. Seems to be slightly heavy on the red.
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Re: Wigeon (赤頸鴨)
« Reply #2 on: Nov 20th, 2004, 8:03pm » |
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These are truly great shots and I love the warm early morning light too, Angus! Probably the only nit I have is the blown white ... 
Tell me how you meter your exposure and perhaps I can share my experience from there. 
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Re: Wigeon (赤頸鴨)
« Reply #3 on: Nov 21st, 2004, 9:46am » |
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Nice shots, Angus!
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Anguslau
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Re: Wigeon (赤頸鴨)
« Reply #4 on: Nov 22nd, 2004, 11:20am » |
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Haven't done much with the color. It is roughly what I remember as well in the viewfinder. I guess the very warm morning light made everything brownish-orange. 
Quote:Probably the only nit I have is the blown white ...
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kk, thanks for comments. Its mainly my oversight that morning. As the sun rises, the light was brightening all the time. I haven't checked my histograms frequent enough to adjust the exposures.
I determine my exposure mainly by the following:
1) I spot meter (in-camera) some neutral tone subjects (such as grasses and leaves) and manually adjust the aperture/shutter to the middle
2) I fire a couple of test shots at my intended subject and then examine the histogram to ensure that it looks reasonable and there were no blown highlights; I tend to allow about 1/3 stop from the right side to give some safety margin
I used manual exposure so that my exposures won't be screwed up by the changing backgrounds. I rarely use Av mode any more. This usually works well on sunny or cloudy days. But I just learned that I need to be much more careful when shooting in early mornings as the light changes very rapidly. And since the sun was rising from a very low angle, the bird hide casted a very long shadow on the pond. When the ducks swimmed in and out of the shadows, there were great differences in exposures. I was too excited to press the shutter as they swim towards me in good light, I didn't adjust my exposures frequent enough, many of my shots were blown!
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Thanks, Daniel! 
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