zandy01 3,575 Posted December 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zandy01 3,575 Posted December 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 When you’ve got an itch you’ve just gotta scratch... 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zandy01 3,575 Posted January 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 Set up a new hide and station on some land with permission and support from the farming couple after all the carry on with the council and my old hide/set up... Today was the 1st time I’ve managed to spend a couple hours there with camera and I wasn’t disappointed, new girl in town visiting multiple times every day, she’s been triggering the trail cam for the past week so thought I’d try and grab a few frames with the DSLR 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Wilkes 3,084 Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 Lovely pic Andy . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CHEVINFOX 3,537 Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 lovely picture , glad you have found somewhere else 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 22,972 Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 Nice photo mate, as said nice you got a new place. Don't get the reds down here so its nice to see your pictures. Cheers Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zandy01 3,575 Posted February 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 Thanks for the positive and kind comments lads, really appreciated 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zandy01 3,575 Posted February 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, Bundy89 said: What camera do you use pal? Sorry, missed that part out... I normally use a Canon 1DX mkii with either a Canon 500 f4 lens or a Canon 100-400 mkii lens, I have a Canon 7D mkii as a backup camera but rarely comes out the bag to be honest... All the images in this thread were taken with the 1DX mkii and 500 f4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,571 Posted February 3, 2019 Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 some lovely pics there bud 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chaff 3,622 Posted February 3, 2019 Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 How many yards away was your hide when taking these shots zandy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zandy01 3,575 Posted February 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 7 hours ago, Bundy89 said: Serious bits of kit then, I guessed images of that quality were not from a sub 1k setup. To be fair it’s not all about the cost, more knowing a subject, some field craft, a lot of luck and the quality of the glass/lens more than the body.. A good understanding of how camera works, exposure and light etc can make or break an image. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zandy01 3,575 Posted February 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 4 hours ago, Chaff said: How many yards away was your hide when taking these shots zandy Anywhere between 5 and 10 meters away mate using a full frame body and 500mm lens, if I was using my 7D mkii which is a 1.6 crop sensor like your new camera I could’ve used a 300mm lens or less and easily filled the frame... The closer you can have a subject the more quality you will have in return. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chaff 3,622 Posted February 3, 2019 Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 So would I be right in thinking using an f3 you would get more depth of field in that situation ? I have yet to buy a body still saving for a lens the tax man has done a good job at emptying my bank this year. I have been looking at 28-300mm l I was thinking it might cover all situations in one lens. Keep them coming Andy can't beat a well taken picture mate. 35 minutes ago, zandy01 said: Anywhere between 5 and 10 meters away mate using a full frame body and 500mm lens, if I was using my 7D mkii which is a 1.6 crop sensor like your new camera I could’ve used a 300mm lens or less and easily filled the frame... The closer you can have a subject the more quality you will have in return. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zandy01 3,575 Posted February 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 5 minutes ago, Chaff said: So would I be right in thinking using an f3 you would get more depth of field in that situation ? I have yet to buy a body still saving for a lens the tax man has done a good job at emptying my bank this year. I have been looking at 28-300mm l I was thinking it might cover all situations in one lens. Keep them coming Andy can't beat a well taken picture mate. My apologies, I was getting you mixed up with Stavross who has just bought a new camera. F4 will give shallow depth of field - background all blurry and subject in focus so long as there’s distance between background and subject... F11 would give more depth of field - more background in focus with foreground/subject The lower the F number the more blurry The higher the F number the more in focus the whole image will be if that makes sense ??? low f number tends to be used for portraits/wildlife higher f number is more for landscape/groups of people/street photography.. Having said the above, there are no set rules... I could take an image of a stag in the highlands and want to keep all the backdrop/mountains in focus too I would use something like f13 or f16 giving a large depth of field for an environment image where both subject and background are all part of the scene or if I wanted to blow all the backdrop out and blurry I would use anything from f4 to f8... Hope it makes a little sense ??? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chaff 3,622 Posted February 3, 2019 Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, zandy01 said: My apologies, I was getting you mixed up with Stavross who has just bought a new camera. F4 will give shallow depth of field - background all blurry and subject in focus so long as there’s distance between background and subject... F11 would give more depth of field - more background in focus with foreground/subject The lower the F number the more blurry The higher the F number the more in focus the whole image will be if that makes sense ??? low f number tends to be used for portraits/wildlife higher f number is more for landscape/groups of people/street photography.. Having said the above, there are no set rules... I could take an image of a stag in the highlands and want to keep all the backdrop/mountains in focus too I would use something like f13 or f16 giving a large depth of field for an environment image where both subject and background are all part of the scene or if I wanted to blow all the backdrop out and blurry I would use anything from f4 to f8... Hope it makes a little sense ??? That makes sense mate. I have a lot of questions going through my head, but think I will buy the kit and have a play. Cheers mate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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