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<blockquote data-quote="Ironwood" data-source="post: 663941" data-attributes="member: 10447"><p>I am using the Better Beamer not the Magmod, but I believe they are similar products.</p><p>Where I live, we have hills all around us and have plenty of big trees, so the birds are very rarely in sunlight, they are ussually in heavy shade.</p><p>Without the help from flash I struggle to get any useable shots as I need to go to iso3200 and above. I use the D7100, Tamron 150-600 G1, handheld.</p><p>After much trial and error, I have found what works for me is to go fully manual, set the shutter speed on 1/200 or 1/250, aperture where your lens is the sharpest ( mine is from f8 - f11 ) then use iso to expose for the background ( sometimes the background will have to be a bit dark because you obviously dont want the iso going too high ) then use the flash power settings to get the right amount of fill light on the bird, this can take a bit of trial and error. I ussually start at 1/8th and see what it looks like ( my usual range is anywhere from 1/16 to 1/2 ) When you start getting up to 1/2 or full power it starts to look unnatural.</p><p></p><p>These are a couple I took the other day of a Kookaburra in my backyard. They were either 1/8 or 1/16 flash power. The extra light from the flash really helps to bring out the detail on the bird that I just cant get without some fill light help.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]283805[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]283806[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>EDIT- I just noticed in the exif, the exp comp says -.33, because I was in manual this wount come into effect. I just forgot to reset to 0 from when I was on I was on A priority or auto iso the last time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ironwood, post: 663941, member: 10447"] I am using the Better Beamer not the Magmod, but I believe they are similar products. Where I live, we have hills all around us and have plenty of big trees, so the birds are very rarely in sunlight, they are ussually in heavy shade. Without the help from flash I struggle to get any useable shots as I need to go to iso3200 and above. I use the D7100, Tamron 150-600 G1, handheld. After much trial and error, I have found what works for me is to go fully manual, set the shutter speed on 1/200 or 1/250, aperture where your lens is the sharpest ( mine is from f8 - f11 ) then use iso to expose for the background ( sometimes the background will have to be a bit dark because you obviously dont want the iso going too high ) then use the flash power settings to get the right amount of fill light on the bird, this can take a bit of trial and error. I ussually start at 1/8th and see what it looks like ( my usual range is anywhere from 1/16 to 1/2 ) When you start getting up to 1/2 or full power it starts to look unnatural. These are a couple I took the other day of a Kookaburra in my backyard. They were either 1/8 or 1/16 flash power. The extra light from the flash really helps to bring out the detail on the bird that I just cant get without some fill light help. [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]283805._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]283806._xfImport[/ATTACH] EDIT- I just noticed in the exif, the exp comp says -.33, because I was in manual this wount come into effect. I just forgot to reset to 0 from when I was on I was on A priority or auto iso the last time. [/QUOTE]
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