{"id":4768,"date":"2011-03-25T18:38:13","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T22:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=4768"},"modified":"2011-03-26T10:51:26","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T14:51:26","slug":"a-blurry-morning-in-homer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2011\/03\/25\/a-blurry-morning-in-homer\/","title":{"rendered":"A Blurry Morning in Homer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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This image was created with the Canon EF 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II lens with the 1.4X III TC (handheld at 210mm) and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 50. Evaluative metering +3 stops off the white sky: 1\/30 sec. at f\/9. I like the pan-blurred background streaks in this image, especially those behind the bird. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

A Blurry Morning in Homer<\/h3>\n

Thursday morning dawned foggy on the 1st day of the last Homer IPT. I started teaching zoom blurs right in the harbor (see the image below) explaining that with such low light levels thinking pleasing blurs was the way to go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This zoom blur was created in the harbor with the Canon EF 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II lens with the 1.4X III TC (handheld) and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 50. Evaluative metering +2\/3 stop: 1\/3 sec. at f\/16. I love the effect on the masts. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

As explained in A Guide to Pleasing Blurs<\/a> by Denise Ippolito <\/a>and yours truly I zoomed from long to short, in this case from 280mm to approximately 150mm during the exposure. While we were in the harbor, several folks tried creating zoom blurs without much success. As we explain in the Blur Guide<\/a>, though creating zoom blurs seems easy it does take a bit of practice to get the timing of the shutter release down pat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This image was created with the Canon EF 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II lens with the 1.4X III TC (handheld at 210mm) and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 50. Evaluative metering +2 2\/3 stops off the white sky: 1\/32 sec. at f\/11. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

The Glaucous Gulls are usually the first to respond to the tossed fish; most of the time they quickly attract the eagles. For the image above I used the Clone Stamp Tool to get rid of a blurred bill in front of the bill that you see in this image and then used a series of Quick Masks to increase the density of the bill that you see in the image. I needed to warp some of the Quick Masks and ended with a Gaussian Blur of the bill. All as detailed in Digital Basics<\/a> and APTATS I<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This image was created with the Canon EF 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II lens with the 1.4X III TC (handheld at 210mm) and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 50. Evaluative metering +3 1\/3 stops off the white sky: 1\/30 sec. at f\/8. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

For most folks it was their first morning with the eagles so in large part they understandably ignored my advice and tried to create sharp images of the fishing birds with high ISO settings. In the meantime, I was having great fun creating pleasing blurs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This image was created with the Canon EF 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II lens with the 1.4X III TC (handheld at 210mm) and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 50. Evaluative metering +1 2\/3 stops off the white sky: 1\/15 sec. at f\/9. I love the blurred streaks of snow in this one. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

At lunch that afternoon, and later on during our first classroom session, I shared about 50of my pleasing blur keepers. Though most in the group had stuck their noses up at the thought of creating intentional blurs, they loved many of the images that I had created that morning and are hoping for another dark, foggy morning \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

I predicted sun for the afternoon despite the heavy fog. My forecast was ridiculed. We did however, enjoy a mostly sunny afternoon filled with eagles. If you would like to learn to create pleasing blurs, do check out the Blur Guide<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Shopper’s Guide<\/h3>\n

Below is a list of the gear that I used to create the images above. Thanks a stack to all who have used the Shopper’s Guide links to purchase their gear as a thank you for all the free information that we bring you on the Blog and in the Bulletins. Before you purchase anything be sure to check out the advice in our Shopper’s Guide<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Canon 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II lens<\/a>. Man, I am loving this lens on my shoulder with the 2X III teleconverter<\/a>. I also use it a lot–depending on the situation–with the 1.4X III TC<\/a>.
\nCanon EF 1.4X III TC<\/a>. This new TC is designed to work best with the new Series II super-telephoto lenses.
\nCanon EOS-1D Mark IV professional digital camera body.<\/a> The very best professional digital camera body that I have ever used.<\/p>\n

And from the BAA On-line Store:<\/p>\n

Delkin 32gb e-Film Pro Compact Flash Card.<\/a> These high capacity cards are fast and dependable. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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