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És cá um melro
Posted By: Nuno Almeida, 08-01-2016, 06:32 PM

Taken with a Prinzflex 80-200 with my k50, not the sharpest or more in focus pic I have, but I like it. No idea the name of that bird in English, very common around here though.

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Nice composition and exposure though. Was there a problem with the lens and did you use a tripod? Sometimes even a slight breeze will cause this type of blurriness.

Great effort and thanks for sharing.

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Nice composition and exposure though. Was there a problem with the lens and did you use a tripod? Sometimes even a slight breeze will cause this type of blurriness.

Great effort and thanks for sharing.

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It's a very very big (small) crop, the shutter speed was also a bit slow for the lens, but most of the lack of detail comes from the crop and my focus
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Birds need faster than 1/125s to keep their movements from blurring your photo. With that lens you're using, shutter speed should have been 1.5x 200mm = at least 1/300s but I can tell you even that isn't fast enough to stop bird movements. 1/500s is the slowest I use on my bird shots. Birds move whether you see the movement or not. Next time try a faster shutter speed.

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QuoteOriginally posted by Nuno Almeida Quote
It's a very very big (small) crop, the shutter speed was also a bit slow for the lens, but most of the lack of detail comes from the crop and my focus
I see what you are saying. I was just looking at your photo again and noticed the green border on the branch above the subject's head. Unfortunately this happens with telephoto lenses. The only way to correct it is PPE. Another way would be to invest in an upgrade. All in all, I like the photo and look forward to more of your work.

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QuoteOriginally posted by Tonytee Quote
Unfortunately this happens with telephoto lenses.
Not all Telephoto lenses do this. Mostly it's from high contrasty areas that cause the fringing.
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Birds need faster than 1/125s to keep their movements from blurring your photo. With that lens you're using, shutter speed should have been 1.5x 200mm = at least 1/300s but I can tell you even that isn't fast enough to stop bird movements. 1/500s is the slowest I use on my bird shots. Birds move whether you see the movement or not. Next time try a faster shutter speed.
Oh I know, I don't usually shoot birds, but I do sometimes, and have a few nicely tuned images, I just happen to like that image

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I see what you are saying. I was just looking at your photo again and noticed the green border on the branch above the subject's head. Unfortunately this happens with telephoto lenses. The only way to correct it is PPE. Another way would be to invest in an upgrade. All in all, I like the photo and look forward to more of your work.

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My K1 arrives this week, the Tamron 70-200 2.8 I have at a few months, I just like to play with these old lenses, the day I took that picture, my main objective was improving my manual focus skill.

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Oh I know, I don't usually shoot birds, but I do sometimes, and have a few nicely tuned images, I just happen to like that image

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My K1 arrives this week, the Tamron 70-200 2.8 I have at a few months, I just like to play with these old lenses, the day I took that picture, my main objective was improving my manual focus skill.
Looking at the photo even more, I do notice quite a bit more fringing. Well, the k-1 and the Tamron lens should help solve that issue. I don't mind saying, I am jealous. I hope to get my k-1 very soon.

Rgds,

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No idea the name of that bird in English, very common around here though.
Quite common here also. Blackbird. This one may be the father or mother of the juvenile in the following image.
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No idea the name of that bird in English
The common blackbird (Turdus merula) is a species of true thrush. It is also called Eurasian blackbird.
Not related to New world "Blackbirds" which are in the family Icteridae.

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The common blackbird (Turdus merula) is a species of true thrush. It is also called Eurasian blackbird.
Not related to New world "Blackbirds" which are in the family Icteridae.
Thank you, can see where the name in my language "melro", comes from
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