Vermilion Flycatcher from #2 TNP outing
by Bruce Sherman
The TNP group had outing #2 at Choke Canyon State Park this weekend. Several of us were very fortunate to get a chance to shoot this cute little guy. It was the ideal situation - great light, an extremely cooperative bird, and a terrific BG. I bet you will see many more shots of this bird in the next few days.
EOS 1D with 600 and 2X TC, manual metering -1/3(ISO 250, f14, 1/500), fill flash with BB at - 2 1/3.
Thanks for looking. All comments appreciated.
Comments
20 commentsPerfect portrait of a stunning specimen.
Great shot, Bruce. I love it.
jn
Well done!!!
Michael
Chris Davidson
Pete
As an aside, can you tell if you were actually getting the -2 1/3 stops fill you were asking for? 'Cause with your settings at f14, 1200 mm FL, and at 1/500 you are on the high speed flash sync, all of which work to rob/require lots of flash power even at ISO 250.
Scott
As an aside, can you tell if you were actually getting the -2 1/3 stops fill you were asking for? 'Cause with your settings at f14, 1200 mm FL, and at 1/500 you are on the high speed flash sync, all of which work to rob/require lots of flash power even at ISO 250.
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Chris,
Thanks for the kind words.
With the 1D body, flash at 1/500 is not high speed synch. The 1D requires high speed synch at shutter speeds faster than 1/500.
The original had the catchlight you see here, plus two very small ones (which I cloned out). The bird was perched a few feet above the surface of the water, so I presume one of the small catchlights was from the sun reflecting off the water. I think the second small catchlight was from the flash.
PS Beautiful.