All on tripod and most with the SB800 as a fill light when mentionned. {} View attachment 10267 Upclose and personnal ... View attachment 10268 Super slow shutter speed ... View attachment 10269 {} Hope you like them ...
Increadible images Yves...!!! :shock: One should wonder how you managed to have such a clear subject with that slow speed, but I guess the rare curtain sync is the hint here. Yves, once again you have provided inspiration to us all thru your technique. So, is the 200-400 bazooka your new toy? ;-)
was this superposing of the heron over a long exposure pic ???? nice picture though. something very different. do tell us how did u get the heron so sharp for as long a 2sec !!! rgds, Kaushik Balakumar
Mosre excellence & great technique Makes my very amatuerish work really pale next to these. You're setting the bar really high for all of us. My questions for you this time are, why such a closed aperture, what does this Rear Curtain Sync do for the shots, and are these birds paid actors? Oh ya, is all this new equipment yours or is it borrowed again? You know we gotta keep up with your latest acquisitions!
Amazing work Yves. I am not surprised on the 2 sec image working with rear sync and a hunting heron does not move all that much. Super examples of the capabilities avail with this combo.
More excellent shots BJ. I'd be interested in why you chose rear curtain, just for my own education. Was this just for the fill on the birds? Thanks,
Reart curtain synch, as far as I understand, opens the shutter for the allotted time (in many of these pictures almost a second) to allow for proper exposure of the background, and to get the water to have that flowing look, then it fires the flash immediately before the shutter closes, givingg you your subject in sharp detail.
Thx Panos, First off, the subject has to be super still, not a problem with the BCNH but often a slight problem with the GBH. I did use the shutter delai function to enable anti-shake and I used a cable release (MC-20) for the shutter. Most are focused on Manual Focus.
Re: Mosre excellence & great technique Closed aperture is to slow down the shutter time to get the moving water to blur Rear curtain holds the slow shutter speed and keeps most of the natural light as the main light and balances the fill flash to be very subtle Paid actors: Don't be silly, they're plastic birds ... :wink: 200, 300 500 and 200-400 are with be but will be returned eventually to their rightful owner ...
Rear shutter brings the flash to fire on the return of the curtain and lets the natural light play a major role in the scene. It fills with subtility and looks like it is more absent than present wich is what I like for wildlife in general.
You've explained it pretty well. Yet, the subject moves a centimeter and you get a blured picture ... :lol:
