Comments on: More on Learning About Light, Height, Head Angle, Rear Focus, and Selecting the Right AF Settings … https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2017/01/27/more-on-learning-about-light-height-head-angle-rear-focus-and-selecting-the-right-af-settings/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Mon, 30 Jan 2017 02:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 By: Jim Amato https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2017/01/27/more-on-learning-about-light-height-head-angle-rear-focus-and-selecting-the-right-af-settings/comment-page-1/#comment-1742363 Mon, 30 Jan 2017 02:02:55 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=45706#comment-1742363 Image one previous post and Image two this post are my choices.
The starkness of the non chosen images have the birds appear “on top” the scene, as not part of the scene. The birds in image two, previous and image one this post, seem to float. both those images present the birds in a clear sharp, nicely exposed presentation, however in a superimposed visual scene.
I prefer the context of the scene with the subject.

]]> By: Warren H https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2017/01/27/more-on-learning-about-light-height-head-angle-rear-focus-and-selecting-the-right-af-settings/comment-page-1/#comment-1742344 Sun, 29 Jan 2017 13:51:55 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=45706#comment-1742344 As for your question “Before I even made a single image I knew that I needed to get up and shoot with the lens about four feet up. Why?” – I agree with what others have said, you needed to be a little higher to not block or cut off the view of the feet with the foreground rock/ledge.

As for “Why was it pretty much imperative to be on a tripod for the creation of Image #1?” – You were working with low light. You had already bumped the ISO to 800 and were only at 1/400 shutter speed. With 700 mm focal length, it would be difficult for anyone to get consistently sharp images hand holding.

These are interesting images to choose between because they are very different to me. As much as I love the colors and angled line in Image 2, I would choose the simplicity of Image 1. Don’t get me wrong, its not simple to create #1. A simple image with few distracting elements is the goal of a well crafted image.

Thanks for sharing and inspiring!

]]>