More Consumnes River Preserve

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I believe this is the same egret i shot last time, it was the same spot at least.







And here are a couple of hawks.

[jbird]

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Brilliant photography!!!!


Jay

[sculpin]

Bolden I really enjoy your photo's.

Mark

[kokaneejr]

Bolden beautiful shots. Your photographs are inspiring me to try and take a few bird photos again.

A couple of questions. Does your new 300 F4 have image stabilization and what are you setting your film speed at. I have a D 70 and an old Tamaron zoom 100-300 F 4- 5.6 and I tried a few at 1000 iso but I am not happy with the results yet they seem a little washed out.

If these are secrets I understand.

By the way a few years ago a member of the Consumnes River preserve asked me to do some photos for them because they had a fire and lost all their stuff. I lived a little to far away to do it but you might ask them if they are still in need as your photos are would be great. Craig.

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They are definitely not secrets. It was sunny, so i was able to shoot at iso 200 the whole day. On the egrets, to
keep from blowing out the whites, i was shooting at f/4 and 1/4000 sec. On the egrets, especially in the sun,
you should put the exposure compensation to about -.7 to -1.

On the first hawk i was shooting at f/6.3 and 1/640 sec. and on the other hawks i was shooting at f/4.5 and 1/2000 sec.

On a sunny day you should have no problem getting good shots handheld. Put it on Aperture priotority at
about f/8, which is basically the best spot for any lens, and iso at 200 or 400 and you should get good enough
shutter speeds to get sharp shots.

On a cloudy day i would probobly shoot at iso 400 and close to wide open in order to get good shutter speeds.

Lastly you should realize that i am using an expensive lens, and being that it is f/4 at 300mm, it will have a
smaller depth of field than your lens, making the birds pop out of the background, as on the egrets.
Additionally, i am pumping up the saturation and contrast a little bit once on the computer.

As for my 300mm f/4, it does not have vr, as nikon hasn't made it yet.

I hope this helped. if not, ask more questions.