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This was my first attempt at photographing birds with my new Z612. I used no cropping or digital zoom for this, I love that 12x optical zoom! I realize there's a bit of noise in the background, I was shooting on a typical dark Washington day. But that's not what I'm most concerned with. I'm wondering how you prevent "blue-eye" when shooting birds! Red-eye settings don't do any good for blue-eye! :roll: Probably wait for a sunny day, huh? Those will be rare here for the next 6 months! :-) Any suggestions or tips would be appreciated!
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What a couple cuties!...the 'dees are my favorite...sorry I have no advice on the blue eye..lol..but I am sure someone will come along and share their expertise...:-)
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What is possibly reflecting off their eyes behind you. :?
BiLL :| |
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Yes, its better when its really sunny outside, you will get sharper pictures !!
The lighting is important, you can also use a tripod to get better results ! This is the best I could do with your picture...(you can still see some noise in the background) |
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The eye reflection from the flash may be unavoidable. What you could try is to not center the subject (the birds).With the camera, and so the flash, focused to the side of the birds, the reflection may be lessened.
IMO, the trick to small birds is to get them close. At a distance you are using but a few hundred thousand of your six million pixels on your subject, thebirds. And at 12X zoom your aperture is stuck at 4.8. With less zoom the aperture will open to 4.0 or maybe 3.5 to let in more light. Using a tele lens would change the equation. Below is a recent pic from a Z612. The lack of shadow tell there were clouds overhead. Zoom is 12X, aperture is 4.8, shutter is 1/40 and the ISO is 100. The pic is cropped. Iprobably gave the pic some light sharpening and contrast adjustment using Photofiltre. Not the best possible picture but it should make the point. ![]() File: - C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\My Pictures\101506-3\100_5564a.jpg Make - EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Model - KODAK Z612 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA Orientation - Top left XResolution - 230 YResolution - 230 ResolutionUnit - Inch YCbCrPositioning - Centered ExifOffset - 504 ExposureTime - 1/40 seconds FNumber - 4.80 ExposureProgram - Normal program ISOSpeedRatings - 100 ExifVersion - 0221 DateTimeOriginal - 2006:10:15 16:15:10 DateTimeDigitized - 2006:10:15 16:15:10 ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr ShutterSpeedValue - 1/40 seconds ApertureValue - F 4.76 ExposureBiasValue - -0.33 MaxApertureValue - F 4.76 MeteringMode - Center weighted average LightSource - Auto Flash - Not fired, compulsory flash mode FocalLength - 70.20 mm FlashPixVersion - 0100 ColorSpace - sRGB ExifImageWidth - 0 ExifImageHeight - 0 InteroperabilityOffset - 11148 ExposureIndex - 100 SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor FileSource - Other SceneType - Other CustomRendered - Normal process ExposureMode - Auto WhiteBalance - Auto DigitalZoomRatio - 0.00 x FocalLengthIn35mmFilm - 420 mm SceneCaptureType - Standard GainControl - Low gain up Contrast - Normal Saturation - Normal Sharpness - Normal SubjectDistanceRange - Unknown Maker Note (Vendor): - |
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Thanks kashka, chickadees are my favorites too. They're so cute and friendly.
I don't think there was anything behind me that could have been reflecting, but that was a good suggestion, Bill. ![]() domang, that's not the best possible picture, huh? It sure looks superb to me! :-) Thanks so much for all your helpful tips! |
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