This image was create with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, a 25mm Extension tube, and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/60 sec. at f/5.6 with fill flash at -2 stops and the Better Beamer. Working in AI Servo AF I have my MIV set up as recommended by [...]
I used the flash to light the shadowed side of this Willet completely. Knowing how to use my flash yielded a pleasing image in difficult conditions.
As Denise Ippolito and I approached this bird in the predawn we were thinking silhouettes but the pink in the eastern sky faded almost instantly so I [...]
Handheld Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the 1.4X II teleconverter and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop set manually: 1/1000 sec. at f/8.
Jim Neiger had three Flight School Photography clients on his pontoon boat this morning and asked that I work without my tripod. I did not [...]
This image was created from two images made with the Canon 800mm f/5.6 L IS lens. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stops: 1/60 sec. at f/5.6. Read on for the details.
On the way to the Santa Clara ranch in Starr County, TX last week we stopped to photograph the huge sunflowers [...]
This was my afternoon set-up at the Cozad Ranch on May 4. The image was created with the handheld Canon 24-105mm IS lens at 32mm.
Notice that each of the four tallest perches is set in front of a pure green background and that we have taken the time to clean the edges [...]
This is image three, the fill flash image, with a bit more color work. This is image two, full sun with lots of flash, as presented in the April 25th post, presented here for comparison.
First off, thanks all for playing. Image two and image three were the favorites of the group by [...]
Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaulative metering +1/3 stop: 1/640 sec. at f/7.1 set manually. Fill flash at -3 stops with the better beamer.
I created the image above (yeah, I know; it’s pretty bad as is…) this morning at the Cozad Ranch in Linn, TX. [...]
This is the image created in full sun with no flash. Let’s call this one image one. This is the image captured in full sun with ETTL flash set at +1 stop. Let’s call this one image two. This is the image made with Fill Flash when the sun went behind a cloud. [...]
This captive plover was photographed in bright sun at a tourist attraction that shall go un-named. I used the handheld Canon 400mm IS DO lens, a 1.4X teleconverter, and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 200. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/640 sec. at f/7.1.
So, do you like the sun for your nature photography? [...]
This image was created with the Canon 70-200mm f.4L IS lens with the 1.4X II TC (handheld at 280mm) and the EOS-7D. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/2000 sec. at f/6.3. You need to have absolute confidence in both your and your camera's ability to produce sharp images.
Whenever I take a [...]