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BIF - chance shot of a mallard · 07:13 AM

this is a situation I am sure every one experiences, out doing one thing, and you have a single chance shot at something else.

Had an M42 200mm F3.5 preset on my K10D, and was taking a shot with a highlight and dark background, and had as a result the exposure compensation st to -ve 1 stop to darken the background when this duck flew past.

I had to pull the image out of the darkness a little, since the histogram stopped half way, (i.e. about 125 for the lightest part) but considering everything I did wrong, and starting with JPEG only, the result is surprising.

Gene Temple · 01-18-2010, 08:37 AM

Great shot.....
I live on a lake and the geese are always there. Would love to see more egrets, blue herons, mallards, and wood ducks. I've got a 300mm zoom thats waiting for them. To me nature photography is way hard! They don't cooperate! HA!

**wtlwdwgn** · 01-18-2010, 09:11 AM

Darn good effort Lowell. I go to our local pond to shoot BIFs and I'm lucky to get 3 or 4 keepers out of a couple of hundred tries. Have to keep trying!

**Lowell Goudge** · 01-18-2010, 09:58 AM

Originally posted by wtlwdwgn

Darn good effort Lowell. I go to our local pond to shoot BIFs and I'm lucky to get 3 or 4 keepers out of a couple of hundred tries. Have to keep trying!

I/m not talking abouot 1-2 keepers out of many shots, this was it!

It was surprising actually,

aside from not being set up for the exposure when I had the chance for the shot, how easy it was to track and focus with an MF lens. Granted the left to right movement made for only minor changes in focus, but this lens has a 350 degree focus throw from min focus to infinity. I would have thought it would have been harder to track focus, but between starting at least close to focus (i did not need to aquire focus over 350 degrees) and having a split image, I think MF for a situation like this might actually be better than AF.

**Ash** · 01-18-2010, 01:25 PM

Good one for a single MF attempt.
A little cool on the temperature of the image but looks decently sharp and well composed.

**Lowell Goudge** · 01-18-2010, 01:44 PM

Originally posted by Ash

Good one for a single MF attempt.
A little cool on the temperature of the image but looks decently sharp and well composed.

do you prefer this better?

One click on the color balance, in PSP X2. I used the feathers around the blue wing bar as my reference

ps, it's amazing what you can do without RAW

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01-18-2010, 01:44 PM	#6
Lowell Goudge Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,892 Original Poster	Originally posted by Ash Good one for a single MF attempt. A little cool on the temperature of the image but looks decently sharp and well composed. do you prefer this better? One click on the color balance, in PSP X2. I used the feathers around the blue wing bar as my reference ps, it's amazing what you can do without RAW Attached Images

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01-18-2010, 08:37 AM	#2
Gene Temple Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Lynchburg Virginia Posts: 182	Great shot..... I live on a lake and the geese are always there. Would love to see more egrets, blue herons, mallards, and wood ducks. I've got a 300mm zoom thats waiting for them. To me nature photography is way hard! They don't cooperate! HA!

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wtlwdwgn Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Billings, MT Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,853	Darn good effort Lowell. I go to our local pond to shoot BIFs and I'm lucky to get 3 or 4 keepers out of a couple of hundred tries. Have to keep trying!

01-18-2010, 09:58 AM	#4
Lowell Goudge Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,892 Original Poster	Originally posted by wtlwdwgn Darn good effort Lowell. I go to our local pond to shoot BIFs and I'm lucky to get 3 or 4 keepers out of a couple of hundred tries. Have to keep trying! I/m not talking abouot 1-2 keepers out of many shots, this was it! It was surprising actually, aside from not being set up for the exposure when I had the chance for the shot, how easy it was to track and focus with an MF lens. Granted the left to right movement made for only minor changes in focus, but this lens has a 350 degree focus throw from min focus to infinity. I would have thought it would have been harder to track focus, but between starting at least close to focus (i did not need to aquire focus over 350 degrees) and having a split image, I think MF for a situation like this might actually be better than AF.

01-18-2010, 01:25 PM	#5
Ash Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toowoomba, Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,920	Good one for a single MF attempt. A little cool on the temperature of the image but looks decently sharp and well composed.

Nature BIF - chance shot of a mallard

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