Island Capture (aka Silverph or psilver)
Butterflies at the Bronx Zoo
I'm a bit confused on this one... Either a Monarch or a Viceroy
Another part of the Bronx Zoo that I was very fond of is the Butterfly Garden. Butterflies are colorful and delicate, they are very nice to photograph. Outside captivity, they are hard to catch, let alone find one with very nice colo
I found out that it wasn't as easy as it seems to capture these beauties. You have to find the right angle to make sure everything, the wings in particular, remain in focus. Even at f/8, 200mm, the depth of field was so narrow, you need to stay parallel to their wings.
This was indoors with, again, very limited light. Handheld, VR on, 200mm at f/5. I would have opted for f/8 but settled on f/5 because of the slow shutter speed even at ISO 800! I didn't want to bump ISO to 1600 or else I would lose the intricate details on the wings.
What would have saved me is if I had a flash with me. Unfortuately, in my quest to lighten up my load, I left an important tool that I should always have with me.. my SB-600 flash! There were couple of times where it would have been beneficial.
I surely learned a lot from this trip. I had a long list of difficulties but overall, it turned out fine. If I can get about 10 good shots out of a thousand, that is very fine with me.
My philosophy is, pick the best, then throw out the rest. I know digital made it easy for us to take millions of pictures but what counts are the very few worth keeping. Let's keep quality alive people, and strive for the best!
Butterflies at the Bronx Zoo
I'm a bit confused on this one... Either a Monarch or a Viceroy
Another part of the Bronx Zoo that I was very fond of is the Butterfly Garden. Butterflies are colorful and delicate, they are very nice to photograph. Outside captivity, they are hard to catch, let alone find one with very nice colo
I found out that it wasn't as easy as it seems to capture these beauties. You have to find the right angle to make sure everything, the wings in particular, remain in focus. Even at f/8, 200mm, the depth of field was so narrow, you need to stay parallel to their wings.
This was indoors with, again, very limited light. Handheld, VR on, 200mm at f/5. I would have opted for f/8 but settled on f/5 because of the slow shutter speed even at ISO 800! I didn't want to bump ISO to 1600 or else I would lose the intricate details on the wings.
What would have saved me is if I had a flash with me. Unfortuately, in my quest to lighten up my load, I left an important tool that I should always have with me.. my SB-600 flash! There were couple of times where it would have been beneficial.
I surely learned a lot from this trip. I had a long list of difficulties but overall, it turned out fine. If I can get about 10 good shots out of a thousand, that is very fine with me.
My philosophy is, pick the best, then throw out the rest. I know digital made it easy for us to take millions of pictures but what counts are the very few worth keeping. Let's keep quality alive people, and strive for the best!