{"id":13212,"date":"2013-01-17T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T00:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=13212"},"modified":"2013-01-20T07:17:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T11:17:14","slug":"the-rookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2013\/01\/17\/the-rookie\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rookie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Rookie bird photographer Bill Wingfield at work on the Barnegat Jetty. Image created on the December Barnegat Jetty IPT with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 800mm f\/5.6L IS USM Autofocus lens<\/a>, the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (teleconverter)<\/a>, and the Canon EOS-1D X digital SLR <\/a>. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1\/3 stop: 1\/500 sec. at f\/9 in Manual mode.<\/p>\n

Notice that Bill has gotten nice and low in the rocks to reduce the angle of declination to the subject. Stabilizing the lens with his left hand from above is fine (though I prefer to do the same with my hand below the lens). The light is behind him and his shadow was pointed at the subject. Assuming that he was going to be there for a while I would make one suggestion for improvement. Anyone know what Bill was doing wrong? <\/p>\n

Central sensor (by necessity)\/AI Servo Expand\/Rear Focus AF and recompose. Click here<\/a> if you missed the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version. <\/p>\n