{"id":14317,"date":"2013-04-09T20:23:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T00:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=14317"},"modified":"2013-04-27T08:03:57","modified_gmt":"2013-04-27T12:03:57","slug":"1200mm-flight-photography-in-the-dark-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2013\/04\/09\/1200mm-flight-photography-in-the-dark-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"1200mm Flight Photography in the Dark: Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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This Roseate Spoonbill flight image was created at Alafia Banks on the Fort Desoto\/Hooptie Deux IPT on the rain-soaked Thursday morning Hooptie trip with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 600mm f\/4L IS II USM lens<\/a>, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter)<\/a>, and the Canon EOS-1D X Digital SLR camera<\/a>. ISO 1600. Evaluative metering -1 2\/3 stops as framed: 1\/640 sec. at f\/8 in Manual Mode; exposure confirmed on resting spoonbills via histogram check. <\/p>\n

Central sensor (by necessity) Expand\/AI Servo\/Rear Focus AF on the bird’s neck active at the moment of exposure. Click here<\/a> if you missed the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n

If you want spoonbills you need to get yourself on the Hooptie Deux. Canon users cannot beat the 600II\/2XIII TC combo for reach (with phase detection AF). <\/p>\n