Ken Terry, one of my regular students for some years - and now a good friend - wanted to tackle some wildlife photography before he spent the weekend with my group learning more about portraiture in the comfort of the Cally Palace Hotel.
Ken owns some pretty neat kit and the three wonderful photographs here show that he really knows how to handle it.
I arranged for him to spend a day with Wildlife Ranger Keith Kirk, who knows the area and its wildlife extremely well. Keith took Ken to a secret location to photograph red squirrels and then, despite the cold and rain in the afternoon, Ken got an opportunity to photograph the spectacular red kites, which have been part of a successful re-introduction program here in SW Scotland.
Ken captured some great shots of both the squirrels and the red Kites, and I thank him for permission to post them on the blog. Wonderful photographs Ken. Very well done.
Equipment used: Canon 1D MkIII, Canon 500 mm LIS f4 lens mounted on a Manfrotto 055PROB tripod fitted with a Wimberley version II head. Ken used ISO 1000 and AV as the light was changing so quickly that sometimes it was 1/500 and sometimes 1/4000. It was windy and raining, but the cloud thickness varied.
This is how Ken set up the camera for each shot...
The top picture of the red kite:
AV, f5.0, 1/4000 sec, ISO 1000, Servo AF.
Lower picture of the red kite with its talons in the other bird's tail feathers:
AV, f5.6, 1/1600 sec, ISO 1000, Servo AF
The squirrel, below:
AV, f5.6, 1/320 sec, ISO 800, Single shot AF?
11 Mar 2008
Wildlife photography
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2 comments:
Hi Philip-really enjoyed this. But trying to work out what AV is, in relation to rapidly changing light?
Carl
absolutely wonderful shots - is there a technique to uaing servo af or is it just a case of practise?
Dorcas
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