kenrem
American Robin
Have not seen any for a few weeks and today, there was a bunch of them frolicking about. For whatever reason, they just seemed to be enjoying themselves. According to the Merlin app, they gather to in large flocks to roost and eat berries in the fall and winter... which is exactly what they were doing
¯\_ (ツ)_/¯
- Tyler Arboretum
Tried something a little different with my setup on this shoot. Decided to put the camera in One Shot instead of AI Servo mode. Burst rate increased (kept in high-speed shooting) over Servo, and focus seemed to better. Hit rate also appears to be increased as well.
I know Servo mode is a little less reliable than One Shot is. Knowing that I am primarily looking mainly for perched birds, seemed a good decision. I think I'll keep it set that way for any decent winter days I can get outside.
Also maintained shooting with the camera in Crop Mode (1.6) which does allow for it to be zoomed-in in the viewfinder, giving me a larger target to focus on. I’m actually a fan of this feature because it allows me to focus better on composition since it crops the photo at the time of shooting versus doing it in post... which has to be cropped anyway. Subject size is the exact same size if I were to have done it in full frame, but again, benefits of this mode are above.
Effective focal length here is 1280mm if you factor in the 1.6 crop mode and the 800mm. Only a slight finishing crop to a 4:3 ratio and overall reduction in pixels for post.
American Robin
Have not seen any for a few weeks and today, there was a bunch of them frolicking about. For whatever reason, they just seemed to be enjoying themselves. According to the Merlin app, they gather to in large flocks to roost and eat berries in the fall and winter... which is exactly what they were doing
¯\_ (ツ)_/¯
- Tyler Arboretum
Tried something a little different with my setup on this shoot. Decided to put the camera in One Shot instead of AI Servo mode. Burst rate increased (kept in high-speed shooting) over Servo, and focus seemed to better. Hit rate also appears to be increased as well.
I know Servo mode is a little less reliable than One Shot is. Knowing that I am primarily looking mainly for perched birds, seemed a good decision. I think I'll keep it set that way for any decent winter days I can get outside.
Also maintained shooting with the camera in Crop Mode (1.6) which does allow for it to be zoomed-in in the viewfinder, giving me a larger target to focus on. I’m actually a fan of this feature because it allows me to focus better on composition since it crops the photo at the time of shooting versus doing it in post... which has to be cropped anyway. Subject size is the exact same size if I were to have done it in full frame, but again, benefits of this mode are above.
Effective focal length here is 1280mm if you factor in the 1.6 crop mode and the 800mm. Only a slight finishing crop to a 4:3 ratio and overall reduction in pixels for post.