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BIF: why these shots are so bad ?

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Re: BIF: why these shots are so bad ?
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sintos wrote:

spec68 wrote:

I agree it's a combination of bad light and an all black subject. Going off your data shooting at 1/2000 ISO 500, F8 it must have been quite bright out -- like noon sun. Sure looks like it in your last couple of shots. Try again shooting in softer morning or late afternoon light or on a cloudy day.

Would it have been good to underexpose in that case ? I have already experienced that kind of bad IQ with black birds. And with white birds ?

Thanks !

I tend to try and expose for the subject in question, and for the sort of image I am trying to achieve. On a really bright day I may want to throw the background into darkness and show off the bird, or I may want a good exposure for the background and have my subject as a silhouette. It is not as simple as just doing X in a particular set of circumstances.

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