On 7-May-06, at 11:02 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
Thankfully, this shot didn't harm anything.
Birds jaunt from a tree outside my window to a feeder on my
porch. Your photos have inspired me to take some of my own! Thanks!
http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/images/2000.jpg
tech:
*istDS; Sigma 70-300 APO @ 300mm, 1/125s f/5.6, ISO 400
http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/?p=107
This shot was accidentally taken with EV -1.3. I rescued it a
bit, but there is some colour noise that I'm not happy with. The
photos were also taken through glass (2 panes).
tech:
*istDS; Sigma 70-300 APO @ 300mm, 1/1250s, f/5.6, ISO 400 (yes,
that's 1/1250!)
Michael, it seems to me that your Sigma APO lens has rather harsh
bokeh. And of course addition of two pane window (glass?) does not
help. My humble suggestion is to try to look for less cluttered
backgrounds... I realize it not readily there and often very
difficult to get, but for the first shot, for example, the bird
almost blends with the rest of the picture. I guess it is natural
for birds to blend. I also guess it would be natural for
photographers to do the opposite ;-).
Yes, I have realized the poor bokeh, especially with these photos.
I'll take that into consideration for the future, and politely ask
the birds to move from their cluttered background. :)
Mike
