Comments on: ILE: It Ain’t Just Crane Chicks! https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2020/05/22/ile-it-aint-just-crane-chicks/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:46:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Frank Sheets https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2020/05/22/ile-it-aint-just-crane-chicks/comment-page-1/#comment-1786198 Fri, 22 May 2020 15:33:27 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=67553#comment-1786198 I have to choose the stilt. They are one of my favorite birds and this one was done to perfection. RE the chick, I hope it survived, but I kinda doubt it. Increased aperture for DOF, 1/125 because because you know the Sony stabilization is amazing and your hands are steady as a rock!

PS: I am getting a lot of good information out of the Sony guides. Much appreciated. I was never a fan of the zebras because their presence seemed distracting, however using Patricks suggestions and adjusting exposer to just faint showing of zebras, I am getting pretty darn good exposures with the histogram way to the right and being able to control the highlights in post. Good file quality with as much information to the right as possible. Thx again.

]]> By: Warren https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2020/05/22/ile-it-aint-just-crane-chicks/comment-page-1/#comment-1786196 Fri, 22 May 2020 15:18:31 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=67553#comment-1786196 Wide-open was f/5.6. Why did I stop down to f/7.1? – I agree with Elinor. I believe you were close to the chich, so your depth of field was really small. You needed to stop down to get most of the bird in focus. (You can see how shallow the DoF is by looking at the gravel…)

Why wasn’t I worried about sharpness while handholding at 400mm at only 1/125 sec? – I again agree with Elinor. You were laying down and able to rest your elbows (or likely a forearm) on the ground for stability. In addition, the lens has Optical stabilization and the camera has IBIS.

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