Some Buzzard Shots

[undisputed 1,664]

Took these the other day question is how do I dow it better. I know the sun was a bit harsh given the time of the afternoon...any advice welcome

[Keano 74]

Took these the other day question is how do I dow it better. I know the sun was a bit harsh given the time of the afternoon...any advice welcome

Quality picture mate

[bigears 205]

nothing wrong with them mate cracking pictures wee done

[Guest eastmids]

class pictures there ,see a lot of them on my ground , love watching them.

[knocker76 40]

see the quite often wish i could get pics that good , what camera you using mate

[undisputed 1,664]

see the quite often wish i could get pics that good , what camera you using mate

 

Cheers! Use a nikon D300 with a 300mm lens

[leegreen 2,153]

What you need to do is smear your lens lightly with some vegetable oil, this gives it a sense of movement instead of.......

only kidding, they look good to me, but I understand what you mean.

[undisputed 1,664]

What you need to do is smear your lens lightly with some vegetable oil, this gives it a sense of movement instead of.......

only kidding, they look good to me, but I understand what you mean.

 

I was wondering where you were going with the smearing...I was starting to get worried

[Tic Tac 0]

good pics

[chook1 184]

They dont look that bad, tbh its hard out in the wild to get decent photos of them

at a distance, especaly if you at end up at the end of your focal range.

 

I took some of some capitive hawks recently, and even though i was meters away

from them, it was still difficult, unfortunaly you cant controal where they fly

or the light, you just have to make the best of what your given.

[j j m 6,536]

top pics bud

[Romany 1,065]

Good images matie, very difficult at times to take pictures of birds against the sky..they can easily come out as silohettes, and to have as much detail in them, you have done really well..for these shots I always switch from matrix metering to either spot or centre weighted..if I get time and remember I usually use a smaller apature too, something like f11 reduce the in camera sharpening too, if you have this too high you will get a halo around the bird on this type of shot before you get a chance to do anything with it in photoshop..

 

 

Not a buzzard

Edited June 4, 2011 by Romany

[undisputed 1,664]

Good images matie, very difficult at times to take pictures of birds against the sky..they can easily come out as silohettes, and to have as much detail in them, you have done really well..for these shots I always switch from matrix metering to either spot or centre weighted..if I get time and remember I usually use a smaller apature too, something like f11 reduce the in camera sharpening too, if you have this too high you will get a halo around the bird on this type of shot before you get a chance to do anything with it in photoshop..

 

 

Not a buzzard

 

Now thats the kind of quality I'm after...it gets bloody frustrating at times the buzzard was coming in quite close and even dive bombed me a couple of times which made me think there was a nest nearbye...on the plus side I came across some great rabbit land so I'll need to have a word with the farmer cheers for the tips again

[bigears 205]

Good images matie, very difficult at times to take pictures of birds against the sky..they can easily come out as silohettes, and to have as much detail in them, you have done really well..for these shots I always switch from matrix metering to either spot or centre weighted..if I get time and remember I usually use a smaller apature too, something like f11 reduce the in camera sharpening too, if you have this too high you will get a halo around the bird on this type of shot before you get a chance to do anything with it in photoshop..

 

 

Not a buzzard

that's a stunning picture romany

[Catcher 1 639]

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