Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jose, Ted, Philippe, Thanks for taking the time to look and comment. Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 2:02 AM, Philippe Amard < photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> wrote: > 10 WOWs in return Jayanand! > > Wonderful series, and worth entering in a contest on wildlife photography > > Keepers, all of them in any case > > mities > Philippe > > > 2016-09-19 8:33 GMT+02:00 Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>: > > > This ten frame sequence is my favourite of the three or four I managed to > > photograph on the Pantanal trip. There are gaps in the frames, not > because > > of the camera's inability to track the subject, but because of my > inability > > to keep the subject centred on the frame, with the result that parts of > the > > bird are clipped by the frame. Anyway, I had ten good frames, so I > > ruthlessly discarded the rest. The bird was quite close, so this is all > > practically full frame - two or three have been cropped by 5-10% to try > and > > keep the framing more or less similar. That this was a big heron, slow > > enough to keep track of through a viewfinder, made it relatively easier > to > > photograph compared to the fast and maneuverable hawks. > > > > Nikon D500 with the AF-S Nikkor 300mm f4E PF ED VR lens, wide open at > > 1/3200s. The camera was on Auto ISO, so the ISO varies marginally from > > frame to frame. > > > > The whole sequence is here: > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/heron/ > > > > Please see LARGE > > > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >