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Plain Prinia
Taken in mid-morning sunlight, Late september, post monsoons, at Uran near Mumbai, 2008.
The bird wast using this shrub as a staging post before taking the twigs to its nesting site in a bush nearby.
EOS 40D + 70-300IS, aperture priority
1/1600; f5.6; iso 200; 235mm.
beautiful capture...loved the interaction with the plant.
Amit,
Lovely shot. Its sharp. The action is interesting. Good eye contact. Is this a cropped image? People following the performance of the 70-300 lens would be interested in knowing.
The back ground is diffused and doesn't distract from the bird. I would have loved some more depth of field, but it is a tight balance between sharpness and dof. These little fellows are very fast and need high shutter speeds.
Overall a nice shot. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi
It is a fine image with a clean BG. Perhaps it needs a bit more pop.
Apana
very nice pic.....
Hi Amit,
Nice sharp image. I liked the perch and the twig in its beak is a big bonus. Nice composition.
Keep posting..
really good work Amit and nice example of 70-300 quality.
nice composition, nice perch.
one thing i would say that you could have expose 1 f/stop less which could have gave more depth and contrast to the image.
i have processed a bit wish you like it.
the main thing i did is recover the highlights and did little PP for dof and few % more saturation.
Thanks Mital, It does make a difference.
Sabasachi: This is indeed a crop, about 30% of the original. I was trying to stay betwee 200-270mm, as some people believe that to be teh 'sweet spot' for the lens. It does seem to be true, but 300 itself is quite short for most birding situations.:(
Hi Amit,Quote:
Originally Posted by Amit Gupta
Have a teleconverter. If your lens gives good results with it :)
Rahul
Hi Rahul,
I don't think a TC agrees with this lens very much, am planning to invest in a bit longer FL soon. I am inclined towards the 400/5.6, but temptes by the faster 300/4 with option of TC !:confused:
(Till then, but also later) must keep trying to get closer!:)
Cheers!
Hi Amit,Quote:
Originally Posted by Amit Gupta
Have a look at Sabyasachi's thread:
http://www.indiawilds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=529
More:
300mm F4: http://photo.net/equipment/product-d...product_id=528
Hope this helps :)
Rahul
Amit,Quote:
Originally Posted by Amit Gupta
Cropping substantially won't help if you are going to print big or send it to a magazine for publication.
I will never try to use this lens at 200mm and then crop the image. Please do an experiment yourself by keeping your camera on a firm tripod or beanbag. Use timer and mirror lock up and then click at various focal lengths and then compare the images. View the images at 100% and see if you feel there is substantial difference to merit throwing away focal length. There are lot of experts in internet various forums who talk confidently without even using a lens. Lot of people talk about the MTF charts. However, when you photograph in the field the difference is not easily visible.
I remember in one Bharatpur trip I had photographed using the 70-300 lens (without IS) and photographed Egyptian vultures nearly full frame, Indian roller, Sarus crane, Kingfisher etc full frame in slide films. However, most of the times, the birds were much smaller in the frame. Was not always successful in inching closer to the birds.
You definitely deserve an upgrade soon. The difference in quality would be immediately visible. Till then crawl or sit in a hide to get those birds closer and keep on feeding us with good photos.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi