Duck having a wash

[gsgary]

What do you all think to this shot still learning any advice would be great
Regards
Gary

[Steve Cavigliano]

Gary,

If you can post the settings you used, that may be helpful (especially, speed and focal length used) :D

The exposure is close, but the tailfeather area is a bit blown out (over exposed). The main problem with this image is that it's soft. It looks like what you'd get if your speed was too low for the focal length you were using (camera shake). Some of the softness may be due to the duck's motion, but I don't think so.

Just to let you know, this is part of the learning curve we all had to climb :rolleyes Asking for input on pics is tough, but it's an easy way to get constructive feedback that you can apply to improve :thumb


Steve

[gsgary]

Steve thanks for your help the settings were ISO 200 focal length 47mm aperture F3.1 shutterspeed 1/250

Regards
Gary

[Steve Cavigliano]

Steve thanks for your help the settings were ISO 200 focal length 47mm aperture F3.1 shutterspeed 1/250

Regards
Gary
Hmmmmm, if you were using a 47mm focal length, then 1/250 should be fast enough to minimize camera shake :scratch Maybe the duck was moving around. Although, I'd think that 1/250 would come close to freezing at least some part of him :dunno

I look at this again from home, later this evening. Maybe I can come up with a likely cause for the softness then.

Steve

[gsgary]

Hi Steve this photo was taken the same night do you think it is better than the duck

Thanks again
Gary

[Steve Cavigliano]

Gary,

This one is a lot sharper than the duck shot :thumb :thumb He/she is in mixed light so you've got some shadowed areas and some hot spots (borderline over exposed areas), but you got the eye exposed pretty well. Given the lighting, I think you did very well on the goose :clap :clap

You have to keep in mind that white birds, or birds with white markings tend to over expose very easily. Especially, when they are against a darker background. I pretty much leave the EV comp set to -2/3 in the Aperture Priority mode, when shooting white birds. Sometimes, even that isn't enough :dunno

Keep shooting and sharing. It does get easier and the pics do get better :wink

Steve