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(Message started by: Anguslau on Nov 20^th, 2004, 6:42pm)

Title: Wigeon (赤頸鴨)
Post by Anguslau on Nov 20^th, 2004, 6:42pm

It was diffcult to isolate individual ducks from this group to get a clean shot with both good lighting and water. I also found it very challenging to handle the contrast range as well when under direct sunlight. The white feather is always blown! :-[ Although I tried many shots that morning, not really one I was particularly pleased with... Argh! Have to try harder next time. :P

Wigeon (赤頸鴨)
Mai Po (米埔)
19/11/2004

Male
#1 1D Mark II, EF600+2x, f/11, 1/400s, iso800
http://www.pbase.com/anguslau/image/36558041.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau_067.jpg

Female
#2 1D Mark II, EF600+2x, f/11, 1/400s, iso800
http://www.pbase.com/anguslau/image/36558040.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau_068.jpg

Title: Re: Wigeon (赤頸鴨)
Post by Webcreeper on Nov 20^th, 2004, 6:58pm

公鳥的花紋很清楚，但是好像紅了一點。

Very clear pattern on the male. Seems to be slightly heavy on the red.

Title: Re: Wigeon (赤頸鴨)
Post by KK Hui on Nov 20^th, 2004, 8:03pm

These are truly great shots and I love the warm early morning light too, Angus! Probably the only nit I have is the blown white ... :'(

Tell me how you meter your exposure and perhaps I can share my experience from there. ::)

KK Hui ARPS
www.geocities.com/kkhui_001

Title: Re: Wigeon (赤頸鴨)
Post by Daniel CK Chan on Nov 21^st, 2004, 9:46am

Nice shots, Angus!

Title: Re: Wigeon (赤頸鴨)
Post by Anguslau on Nov 22^nd, 2004, 11:20am

Quote:

公鳥的花紋很清楚，但是好像紅了一點。

Haven't done much with the color. It is roughly what I remember as well in the viewfinder. I guess the very warm morning light made everything brownish-orange. ???

Quote:

Probably the only nit I have is the blown white ...

Tell me how you meter your exposure and perhaps I can share my experience from there.

kk, thanks for comments. Its mainly my oversight that morning. As the sun rises, the light was brightening all the time. I haven't checked my histograms frequent enough to adjust the exposures. :'(:-[

I determine my exposure mainly by the following:
1) I spot meter (in-camera) some neutral tone subjects (such as grasses and leaves) and manually adjust the aperture/shutter to the middle
2) I fire a couple of test shots at my intended subject and then examine the histogram to ensure that it looks reasonable and there were no blown highlights; I tend to allow about 1/3 stop from the right side to give some safety margin
I used manual exposure so that my exposures won't be screwed up by the changing backgrounds. I rarely use Av mode any more. This usually works well on sunny or cloudy days. But I just learned that I need to be much more careful when shooting in early mornings as the light changes very rapidly. And since the sun was rising from a very low angle, the bird hide casted a very long shadow on the pond. When the ducks swimmed in and out of the shadows, there were great differences in exposures. I was too excited to press the shutter as they swim towards me in good light, I didn't adjust my exposures frequent enough, many of my shots were blown! :'( :-[quote]Nice shots, Angus! [/quote]
Thanks, Daniel! :)