Post your birds (2)
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Question for you wev. Are you using highlight weighted metering, spot metering, or are you in full manual mode? I would have expected to see the +/- exposure compensation dialed in to counter the bright sky if you are in Aperture Priority or Manual with Auto-ISO. How are you able to capture so much detail in the feathers without blowing them out? Your work is amazing.
Thank you, that's most kind. I use spot metering, full manual, auto iso (max 6400). I tried to shoot at the patch of bright white feathers, so it would meter that, rather than the darker grays. That's about as sophisticated as I ever get -- I'd be lost without my box of Dr. Wickett's Golden California Good Luck Powder.
Question for you wev. Are you using highlight weighted metering, spot metering, or are you in full manual mode? I would have expected to see the +/- exposure compensation dialed in to counter the bright sky if you are in Aperture Priority or Manual with Auto-ISO. How are you able to capture so much detail in the feathers without blowing them out? Your work is amazing.
Thanks for the information, wev. I'll have to give spot metering a try one of these days. I switched to center-weighted metering quite a while ago, but when I shoot flying birds against a bright sky, I constantly have to over expose anywhere from +0.7 to +1.3 or higher. Overall center-weighted suits my general shooting preferences better than matrix metering except for the flying birds against the sky. I appreciate your help.
a young? female grackle of some sort, common or boat tail?
The lake at the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco. There are a mating pair.
I'm way out of town right now, obviously.
We have grackles - adults are black with purplish heads. I've never seen one like this although it's probably a different variety. The long bill definitely fits into the grackle family. Thanks for the info! I despise grackles because they use their long bills to kill smaller birds. I can't tell you how many sparrows I've had to bury that had a small hole in their heads. Plus grackles also steal eggs and new born baby birds.
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