Move over buddy

morris · Jul 6, 2004

Fuji S602 + B-300 @ 357mm, ISO 400, 1/125, f 2.8, fill flash and cropped from a horizontal.

I was in the aviary at the Queens Zoo in New York City and sitting cross legged on the path taking photos. This Sandhill Crane spotted me and started walking back and forth getting closer and closer. Eventually it came up to me and stared at me. Then it bent down and gently pecked my foot. I looked down and noticed my foot was on the other side of the fence. I moved my foot and it gave me another stare and then went about its busyness.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris

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calv · Jul 6, 2004

morris said:
Fuji S602 + B-300 @ 357mm, ISO 400, 1/125, f 2.8, fill flash and
cropped from a horizontal.

I was in the aviary at the Queens Zoo in New York City and sitting
cross legged on the path taking photos. This Sandhill Crane
spotted me and started walking back and forth getting closer and
closer. Eventually it came up to me and stared at me. Then it
bent down and gently pecked my foot. I looked down and noticed my
foot was on the other side of the fence. I moved my foot and it
gave me another stare and then went about its busyness.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris

Hi Morris,

That's nice close-up photo. BTW, I'll be going to the Bird Park this Sat, and would really appreciate some advice. When you are shooting a flying bird, what are the settings that you use on your 602, and how do you manage to focus on it? Have you found the continuous focusing mode to be useful?

Calv

gaja · Jul 6, 2004

Nice. Detail and lack of noise for ISO400 is pretty amazing.
Looks like a photo from a dslr.
One thing i wish i have with my 602 is more control over DOF.
It looks like from your photo that attaching a B300 will give shallow DOF.

How is the focusing speed once B300 is fixed? What is the minimum focusing distance?

gaja

morris said:
Fuji S602 + B-300 @ 357mm, ISO 400, 1/125, f 2.8, fill flash and
cropped from a horizontal.

I was in the aviary at the Queens Zoo in New York City and sitting
cross legged on the path taking photos. This Sandhill Crane
spotted me and started walking back and forth getting closer and
closer. Eventually it came up to me and stared at me. Then it
bent down and gently pecked my foot. I looked down and noticed my
foot was on the other side of the fence. I moved my foot and it
gave me another stare and then went about its busyness.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris

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http://qcpages.qc.edu/~morris/POD

Mr Majestyk · Jul 6, 2004

morris said:
Fuji S602 + B-300 @ 357mm, ISO 400, 1/125, f 2.8, fill flash and
cropped from a horizontal.

I was in the aviary at the Queens Zoo in New York City and sitting
cross legged on the path taking photos. This Sandhill Crane
spotted me and started walking back and forth getting closer and
closer. Eventually it came up to me and stared at me. Then it
bent down and gently pecked my foot. I looked down and noticed my
foot was on the other side of the fence. I moved my foot and it
gave me another stare and then went about its busyness.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris

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http://qcpages.qc.edu/~morris/POD

Nice shot. Why such large aperture - I guess I would have liked a bit more of his head to be sharp; f/4 maybe.

paminfl · Jul 6, 2004

Hey Morris.......nice shot. Love the eyes! Dumb question....what is a B300 and can it be used with the S7000?

Pamela

morris · Jul 6, 2004

Thank you Calv,

The S602 doses not have continuous focus, only single. As for exposure I like to use ISO 160, 1/500, f 8.0 with fill flash form my Canon Speedlite 133A and set the flash for about 1.5 stops under exposure. Shooting flight photos take great reactions and lots of practice. It took me about a year to get to the point where I could usually capture the bird in frame and have it sharp and well exposed 80% of the time. It's 1.5 years since I started the project and now get close to 95% good photos.

I discovered that when the camera is in any type of auto exposure mode the camera pauses to adjust exposure and then focus. I you use manual exposure the camera focuses very fast. If you are outside, using sunny 16 and its variations will allow you to get great results.

Morris

calv said:
morris said:

Fuji S602 + B-300 @ 357mm, ISO 400, 1/125, f 2.8, fill flash and
cropped from a horizontal.

I was in the aviary at the Queens Zoo in New York City and sitting
cross legged on the path taking photos. This Sandhill Crane
spotted me and started walking back and forth getting closer and
closer. Eventually it came up to me and stared at me. Then it
bent down and gently pecked my foot. I looked down and noticed my
foot was on the other side of the fence. I moved my foot and it
gave me another stare and then went about its busyness.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris

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Hi Morris,

That's nice close-up photo. BTW, I'll be going to the Bird Park
this Sat, and would really appreciate some advice. When you are
shooting a flying bird, what are the settings that you use on your
602, and how do you manage to focus on it? Have you found the
continuous focusing mode to be useful?

Calv

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smakky · Jul 6, 2004

Nice pic Morris.

I'd love to see a pic of the lions taken by the same method of attracting the bird...

morris said:
Fuji S602 + B-300 @ 357mm, ISO 400, 1/125, f 2.8, fill flash and
cropped from a horizontal.

I was in the aviary at the Queens Zoo in New York City and sitting
cross legged on the path taking photos. This Sandhill Crane
spotted me and started walking back and forth getting closer and
closer. Eventually it came up to me and stared at me. Then it
bent down and gently pecked my foot. I looked down and noticed my
foot was on the other side of the fence. I moved my foot and it
gave me another stare and then went about its busyness.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris

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http://qcpages.qc.edu/~morris/POD

Alan Scheer · Jul 6, 2004

Those eyes are really wild Morris,
Alan

morris said:
Fuji S602 + B-300 @ 357mm, ISO 400, 1/125, f 2.8, fill flash and
cropped from a horizontal.

I was in the aviary at the Queens Zoo in New York City and sitting
cross legged on the path taking photos. This Sandhill Crane
spotted me and started walking back and forth getting closer and
closer. Eventually it came up to me and stared at me. Then it
bent down and gently pecked my foot. I looked down and noticed my
foot was on the other side of the fence. I moved my foot and it
gave me another stare and then went about its busyness.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris

--

http://qcpages.qc.edu/~morris/POD

calv · Jul 6, 2004

morris said:
Thank you Calv,

The S602 doses not have continuous focus, only single. As for
exposure I like to use ISO 160, 1/500, f 8.0 with fill flash form
my Canon Speedlite 133A and set the flash for about 1.5 stops under
exposure. Shooting flight photos take great reactions and lots of
practice. It took me about a year to get to the point where I
could usually capture the bird in frame and have it sharp and well
exposed 80% of the time. It's 1.5 years since I started the
project and now get close to 95% good photos.

I discovered that when the camera is in any type of auto exposure
mode the camera pauses to adjust exposure and then focus. I you
use manual exposure the camera focuses very fast. If you are
outside, using sunny 16 and its variations will allow you to get
great results.

Morris

Hi Morris,

Thanks a lot for the tips! and...thanks for reminding me that I need to use an external flash to shoot at high shutter speed.

Calv

morris · Jul 7, 2004

Thank you Gaja. Yes adding a teleconverter adds more DOF controle. Focus speed is the same with or without the B-300. I chose the S602 as it has a very usable ISO 400 and since I use a long lens a lot, this allows me to bump up the ISO to keep the shutter speed up when I need to.

Morris

gaja said:
gaja

morris said:

Fuji S602 + B-300 @ 357mm, ISO 400, 1/125, f 2.8, fill flash and
cropped from a horizontal.

I was in the aviary at the Queens Zoo in New York City and sitting
cross legged on the path taking photos. This Sandhill Crane
spotted me and started walking back and forth getting closer and
closer. Eventually it came up to me and stared at me. Then it
bent down and gently pecked my foot. I looked down and noticed my
foot was on the other side of the fence. I moved my foot and it
gave me another stare and then went about its busyness.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris

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http://qcpages.qc.edu/~morris/POD

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gingerbaker · Jul 7, 2004

This is, as usual, a beautifully exposed, wonderfully sharp, and nicely composed shot, Morris. Really nice DOF, and the eyes just sparkle!

But.... are you sure it is appropriate to post a picture of a red-headed one foot pecker??

GB

morris said:
Fuji S602 + B-300 @ 357mm, ISO 400, 1/125, f 2.8, fill flash and
cropped from a horizontal.

I was in the aviary at the Queens Zoo in New York City and sitting
cross legged on the path taking photos. This Sandhill Crane
spotted me and started walking back and forth getting closer and
closer. Eventually it came up to me and stared at me. Then it
bent down and gently pecked my foot. I looked down and noticed my
foot was on the other side of the fence. I moved my foot and it
gave me another stare and then went about its busyness.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris

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JeanLeGrand · Jul 7, 2004

paminfl said:
Pamela

Pamela, a B300 is a Olympus Teleconverter lense 1.7x. It has been replaced by the TCON1.7. As the name suggests it magnifies your shot by 1.7 thus giving you 210 x 1.7 equals 357mm at full tele position. You need a 55 adapterring to place it your s7000

John

Smoopie · Jul 7, 2004

gingerbaker said:
But.... are you sure it is appropriate to post a picture of a
red-headed one foot pecker??

nince shot....very clear eyes.>

GB

morris said:

Fuji S602 + B-300 @ 357mm, ISO 400, 1/125, f 2.8, fill flash and
cropped from a horizontal.

I was in the aviary at the Queens Zoo in New York City and sitting
cross legged on the path taking photos. This Sandhill Crane
spotted me and started walking back and forth getting closer and
closer. Eventually it came up to me and stared at me. Then it
bent down and gently pecked my foot. I looked down and noticed my
foot was on the other side of the fence. I moved my foot and it
gave me another stare and then went about its busyness.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris

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http://qcpages.qc.edu/~morris/POD

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Craig Gillette · Jul 7, 2004

morris said:
Fuji S602 + B-300 @ 357mm, ISO 400, 1/125, f 2.8, fill flash and
cropped from a horizontal.

I was in the aviary at the Queens Zoo in New York City and sitting
cross legged on the path taking photos. This Sandhill Crane
spotted me and started walking back and forth getting closer and
closer. Eventually it came up to me and stared at me. Then it
bent down and gently pecked my foot. I looked down and noticed my
foot was on the other side of the fence. I moved my foot and it
gave me another stare and then went about its busyness.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris

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http://qcpages.qc.edu/~morris/POD

One of my wife's co-workers adopted an emu from an animal shelter.

She'd been burglarized (or almost) by a burglar that had apparently failed to waken the old deaf german shepherd until he was most of the way in the house. So she set out to adopt a small yappy dog to use to wake up the big dog with big teeth. Came home with the emu (no, it isn't at all suitable as an alarm bird, unlike geese). She had vector control workers out in her yard last spring dealing with a bee swarm. The emu didn't peck at their feet, it was, however, fully into it's mating display by the time they finished. He's a lonely bird. The shepherd, rabbits and horses stay away.

She still needs a small noisy dog.

BigMike · Jul 7, 2004

They are just the strangest looking creatures

Nice work, morris. That's a pretty up close and personal shot.
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paminfl · Jul 7, 2004

JeanLeGrand said:
Pamela, a B300 is a Olympus Teleconverter lense 1.7x. It has been
replaced by the TCON1.7. As the name suggests it magnifies your
shot by 1.7 thus giving you 210 x 1.7 equals 357mm at full tele
position. You need a 55 adapterring to place it your s7000

John

Hey John........I guess you can tell that I'm somewhat of a beginner. I just got my S7000 in April and just completed a very limited digital photo course online. I knew about the TCON1.7, but the B300 threw me. Thank you so much for answering my question!!!

Pamela

afe1 · Jul 8, 2004

Great expression on that birds eyes
Jose

morris said:
Fuji S602 + B-300 @ 357mm, ISO 400, 1/125, f 2.8, fill flash and
cropped from a horizontal.

I was in the aviary at the Queens Zoo in New York City and sitting
cross legged on the path taking photos. This Sandhill Crane
spotted me and started walking back and forth getting closer and
closer. Eventually it came up to me and stared at me. Then it
bent down and gently pecked my foot. I looked down and noticed my
foot was on the other side of the fence. I moved my foot and it
gave me another stare and then went about its busyness.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris

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http://qcpages.qc.edu/~morris/POD

morris · Jul 8, 2004

Thank you Mr. Majestic.

I did not expect him to come to me like that so I had my aperture set to blur the background. He was at minimum focal distance for this photo.

Morris

Mr Majestyk said:
morris said:

Fuji S602 + B-300 @ 357mm, ISO 400, 1/125, f 2.8, fill flash and
cropped from a horizontal.

I was in the aviary at the Queens Zoo in New York City and sitting
cross legged on the path taking photos. This Sandhill Crane
spotted me and started walking back and forth getting closer and
closer. Eventually it came up to me and stared at me. Then it
bent down and gently pecked my foot. I looked down and noticed my
foot was on the other side of the fence. I moved my foot and it
gave me another stare and then went about its busyness.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris

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http://qcpages.qc.edu/~morris/POD

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Nice shot. Why such large aperture - I guess I would have liked a
bit more of his head to be sharp; f/4 maybe.

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morris · Jul 8, 2004

You ask good clear questions Pamela, You will do fine.

Morris

paminfl said:
paminfl said:

Pamela, a B300 is a Olympus Teleconverter lense 1.7x. It has been
replaced by the TCON1.7. As the name suggests it magnifies your
shot by 1.7 thus giving you 210 x 1.7 equals 357mm at full tele
position. You need a 55 adapterring to place it your s7000

John

Click to expand...

Hey John........I guess you can tell that I'm somewhat of a
beginner. I just got my S7000 in April and just completed a very
limited digital photo course online. I knew about the TCON1.7, but
the B300 threw me. Thank you so much for answering my question!!!

Pamela

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Jinmaine · Jul 8, 2004

Oh Morris -
this is great. This guy is packed full of personality, eh?
I gotta find a zoo!

Janet

Move over buddy

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