Blue flycatcher

Gallery: AvianPosted July 5, 201792 views1 comments

Camera Info
Device:   Nikon D3200
Lens:   VR 150-500mm f/5-6.3G
Focal Length:   500mm
Focus Mode:   Manual
AF-Area Mode:   Single
VR:   ON
AF Fine Tune:
Exposure
Aperture:   f/6.3
Shutter Speed:   1/500s
Scene Mode:   Sports
Exposure Comp.:   0EV
Exposure Tuning:
Metering:   Matrix
ISO Sensitivity:   Auto (ISO 450)
Handheld

Sorry to work in Manual, too many bushes, but don't want to miss the sighting of Tickell's blue flycatcher couples fighting over a territory

Comments

1 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 5, 2017 at 1:40 PM

Hi Nishand. The focus is looking better, but the exposure on the bird itself is too dark. When you're shooting a dark bird against a brighter background you need to use positive exposure compensation if you're not using manual exposure. In this case, I'd guess that about +1 stop would have gotten you pretty close to the correct exposure.

I notice that you're shooting is "sport" mode. I'm not that familiar with Nikon, but in Canon, any of those pre-programmed modes mean that you're getting the files converted to jpeg in the camera. When that happens, you lose a lot of information. It's very helpful to be saving your files in-camera in the RAW format so you don't lose any information. If so, you could easily bring this image up a stop in brightness or just bring the bird up in brightness, leaving the background alone in post processing.

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