oldcanon
9th of February 2012 (Thu), 13:37
This was my first proper shoot using my sigma 400 on the 5Dmk2 so I was quite pleased when I saw this Egret feeding on our local salt-marsh.
I was able to get fairly close and tracked its hunting for around 30 shots until I final got the one I wanted, the bird transferring the fish ready to be swallowed.
The main shot is about 40% of frame and the close-up is around 7% of linear frame dimension (so is very noisy).
Single point focus with manual exposure, ISO 400, wide open with 1/2000th sec shutter speed
I may be able to squeeze a little more detail out with some MA but I don't think its too bad a result for such an old (and cheap) lens - it cost me £300!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7025/6847755243_f877e555a4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75445098@N04/6847755243/)
egret eating fish crop 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75445098@N04/6847755243/) by BrianWadie (http://www.flickr.com/people/75445098@N04/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7168/6847755113_1f6d27244a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75445098@N04/6847755113/)
egret eating fish crop (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75445098@N04/6847755113/) by BrianWadie (http://www.flickr.com/people/75445098@N04/), on Flickr
I was able to get fairly close and tracked its hunting for around 30 shots until I final got the one I wanted, the bird transferring the fish ready to be swallowed.
The main shot is about 40% of frame and the close-up is around 7% of linear frame dimension (so is very noisy).
Single point focus with manual exposure, ISO 400, wide open with 1/2000th sec shutter speed
I may be able to squeeze a little more detail out with some MA but I don't think its too bad a result for such an old (and cheap) lens - it cost me £300!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7025/6847755243_f877e555a4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75445098@N04/6847755243/)
egret eating fish crop 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75445098@N04/6847755243/) by BrianWadie (http://www.flickr.com/people/75445098@N04/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7168/6847755113_1f6d27244a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75445098@N04/6847755113/)
egret eating fish crop (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75445098@N04/6847755113/) by BrianWadie (http://www.flickr.com/people/75445098@N04/), on Flickr