{"id":16791,"date":"2013-11-17T10:14:51","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T14:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=16791"},"modified":"2013-11-17T10:14:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T14:14:51","slug":"torres-del-paine-tyrants-audio-playback-in-south-america-manual-exposure-tip-and-more-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2013\/11\/17\/torres-del-paine-tyrants-audio-playback-in-south-america-manual-exposure-tip-and-more-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Torres del Paine Tyrants, Audio Playback in South America, Manual Exposure Tip, and More…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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The image was created in Paine del Torres National Park, Chile with the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod<\/a>, the Mongoose M3.6 head<\/a>, the Canon EF 600mm f\/4L IS II USM lens<\/a>, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter)<\/a>, and the Canon EOS-1D X<\/a>. ISO 800. Evaluative metering a zero (in bright overcast): 1\/125 sec. at f\/13 in Manual mode. <\/p>\n

Central sensor (by necessity) Expand\/AI Servo Rear Focus AF on the bird’s eye and re-compose. Click here<\/a> to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n

Note that if the sun had been out at full strength that I would have needed to go to -1\/3 stop to keep from burning the white throat. It takes some guts to re-compose so drastically but this bird usually stayed very still on the perch for more than a few seconds so I decided to go for the best composition with the bird looking towards the empty part of the frame. Note also that for this pose with the bird facing but angled towards us that the head angle, perfectly square to the imaging sensor, is ideal. <\/p>\n