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Post by Manuel Maniquis on Aug 25, 2012 16:18:03 GMT
Great Blue Heron resident of a Toronto Park. The photo does not give justice to the beauty of this bird. It's one of the resident summer birds that frequent one of the parks inside the city of Toronto. Please excuse my low resolution photos. This is why I want to upgrade to a better lens, at least. Canon T3i with EF-S 18-200 mm lens f/10 1/25 ISO400 200mm on AV mode I really have to learn and upgrade my camera to get better pictures.  |
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Post by Bob Kaufman on Aug 27, 2012 9:40:08 GMT
The photo is very good! As we locals like to say it's the indian and not the pana that can produce good pictures. Keep on shooting and learn from the results. Especially for a relatively stationary bird like the heron, you can experiment with your settings and take notes on what produced the best image right there and then. Now regarding composition - it is usually better not to have the subject in the middle of the photo, especially if you have enough space all around. The rule of thirds states that the subject should occupy one third of the frame and the remaining 2/3 is usually placed to where the bird is facing (in your case to the right). With your photo it is also possible to frame it in a portrait format. Experiment on these also and see what is pleasing to you.  |
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Post by tina mallari on Sept 7, 2012 13:17:55 GMT
I agree with Bob. For somebody who is just new to bird photography, this photo sure looks really nice.
For me, if you just followed the rule of thirds, it would have been great na :-)
Oh since you are thinking of upgrading, I hope you will not make the same mistake as I did. Because I kept on thinking of saving money and not buying the lens that I REALLY, REALLY wanted, I ended up spending more money because I kept on buying lens after lens until I finally accepted that I have got to have my "dream" lens so I ended up buying that too. Good luck with the lens :-)
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Post by Manuel Maniquis on Sept 19, 2012 1:11:52 GMT
thank you for the compliments, Bob & Tina. I was just talking to a fellow Pinoy who's also into bird and nature photography here in Toronto, and boy was he good! He advised me to get the Canon 400mm f/5.6 for my birding lens. I will follow his advise, after having seen that lens in action in one of the hawk counting trip I went to in one of the Toronto hawk sites.
The output is very good and it's fast too.
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Post by Manuel Maniquis on Sept 19, 2012 1:15:26 GMT
Keep on shooting and learn from the results. Especially for a relatively stationary bird like the heron, you can experiment with your settings and take notes on what produced the best image right there and then. Now regarding composition - it is usually better not to have the subject in the middle of the photo, especially if you have enough space all around. The rule of thirds states that the subject should occupy one third of the frame and the remaining 2/3 is usually placed to where the bird is facing (in your case to the right). With your photo it is also possible to frame it in a portrait format. Experiment on these also and see what is pleasing to you. Thank you for the tip, Bob. I'll put those on my birding note. |
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