Yesterday was a beautiful fall day, and I finally had all the bits and pieces built for my cart for the canoe, so with great anticipation made my way down to the tiny beach at the local trail so that I could get out on the water. It has been my intent to try and use the canoe to get closer to the local waterfowl and get some more exercise at the same time.
Once I had the stabilizer built and tested then I felt quite confident that I was able to take my camera and gear out on the water without a great fear of it (and me) going for an unintended swim.
I had a great time yesterday paddling and seeing the birds that are left, as they are getting less with migration under full swing.
I was less happy when I got home and realized that the camera had been on autoiso and discovered that most of the shots were taken at iso 1000 or greater. A couple were at iso 10,000! As a result 90% of what I shot I discarded. These are a few of the ones that I have processed and feel that they are barely good enough to show.
I shot these with the 6D and a Sigma 50-500, a couple with a doubler (just to see if it was do-able). I would have thought that even with auto iso that the camera would not have gone to these extreme ISO settings. The day was sunny and no clouds. There were a series with a Greater Yellow legs where I was close enough to shoot at 200mm and have full frame that I deleted as they were not worth keeping. Sigh!
Sorry for the long post people, here are the ones that I kept.
Greater Yellowlegs (cropped)
Great Blue Herons.
Cormorants.
Thanks for looking, any and all comments most welcome.
Be safe out there!
