Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why not give the on-board flash a try - what you want is fill flash in day light - might nicely do the trick Amiti?s Philippe Le 19 juin 13 ? 15:58, H&ECummer a ?crit : > Hi Doug, > Thanks for the suggestions. I really appreciate your ideas to make > what is good into excellent. I was veering in the direction of > greater exposure by dialing in spot metering. Fill flash won't work > with the X E 1 as it defaults the shutter speed to 1/30 (very > blurred wings) and I don't have a flash here for the Nikon. On both > cameras I can dial in + exposure compensation to see how that helps. > Finally I can move the hanging flower baskets into a sunnier > location and see how the sun plays out. Unfortunately I can't rotate > the cabin which serves as my blind. :-) Still, there are enough > variables there to keep me busy for the summer. Thanks again for the > input. > Cheers > Howard > > Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:30:52 -0700 (GMT-07:00) > From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Tuesday's Hummers > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Howard Cummer wrote: > >> >> http://tinyurl.com/lrvoepz >> http://tinyurl.com/l6tmmyr >> http://tinyurl.com/m7qklam >> > > Howard I think it's time to pay more attention to the lighting. > These are wonderful photos but I think you can do better in this > (rare!) bright daylight either by using fill flash or positioning > yourself to get a view of the birds' sunny side. The combination of > bright backlight and the auto-ISO (I'm assuming this means a form of > auto-exposure) means the details in the birds are lost in deep shadow. > > An alternative would be to switch to manual exposure and set the > exposure more for the shadow side than for the bright background the > camera's limited brain is exposing for. > > Just as an example, a Rufous Hummingbird from the sunny side 1/3000 > sec @ f/8 ISO 400 with a manual focus 400mm f/5.6 (280mm f/4 + 1.4x > extender): > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/trochilidae/ruhu01.html > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. NO ARCHIVE