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Spider bro set up shop on the porch. Was catching all kinds of shit. I wanted to see how well of a shot I could get in the dark.
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Guest, did you like the last podcast notification?? Well here's the second one, and for the third podcast! Yep. This Thursday 8-8-24 at 7pm Central
Go here to check out his podcast thread for info on topics and links!Go into the FoH discord and find the Happy Time Fun Hour channel and give it a listen!
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My workhorse is a Canon 7D mark II using a Canon 70-300 f/4-5.6 L USM telephoto. About a $2500 setup, so not too bad. Wide angle stuff is with a Canon 10-22mm lens.
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Moonball
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My main gear is Sony A7Rm2 and walk around camera is Sony A6000. I have Sony 16-35/F4, 24-70/F4, Tamron 150-600/F5.6 and Laowa 12mm/F2.8. I had a 105/F2.8 Nikon macro lens when I had a D800 but never used it much so sold it when I sold all my Nikon gear for the switch.
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6D with the following:
Canon 24-70mm f/4L (Was a bundle with the body)
Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 (primarily bought for night shots)
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 (has macro at 200-300mm if a switch is enabled)
Definitely have plenty to learn when it comes to using this thing but it's been a fun process so far.
Canon 24-70mm f/4L (Was a bundle with the body)
Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 (primarily bought for night shots)
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 (has macro at 200-300mm if a switch is enabled)
Definitely have plenty to learn when it comes to using this thing but it's been a fun process so far.
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Nice. I was tempted to switch to sony but slower autofocus, bad battery life, limited glass and weird ergo feeling when putting tele's on it turned me away. If I just did landscape I'd totally move over to sony. Also that Laowa 12mm/f2.8 looks sharp as hell. Did you do post on those?
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Hex
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Yea depth of field and focus are the two of the major things that I need to practice/improve. Especially since i'm trying to stick to manual focus instead of falling back to auto, view finder is kinda hard to gauge if everything I am going for is in focus using live view provides some assistance but if i'm trying to shoot something small that moves a lot (the smaller bird) I don't usually have enough time to play around and dial it in. It's all pretty much operator error/inexperience so hopefully over time i'll pick it up.
I'll have another chance at trying to get some better focused shots at the end of August. We'll be crashing again at the house that I did the recent photos at. Definitely hoping for some clear sky this time around especially since it gets cold enough in late august that mosquitoes start to calm down. It'll also be the week after the peak of the perseid meteor shower so there should still be a slightly higher chance at seeing a bunch while the moon is in its new phase, the sky should be pitch black.
The Rokinon is inexpensive and works amazing in low light I had the 16mm APS-C specific version of it for my T3 so it made buying the full frame one a no brainer.
I'll have another chance at trying to get some better focused shots at the end of August. We'll be crashing again at the house that I did the recent photos at. Definitely hoping for some clear sky this time around especially since it gets cold enough in late august that mosquitoes start to calm down. It'll also be the week after the peak of the perseid meteor shower so there should still be a slightly higher chance at seeing a bunch while the moon is in its new phase, the sky should be pitch black.
The Rokinon is inexpensive and works amazing in low light I had the 16mm APS-C specific version of it for my T3 so it made buying the full frame one a no brainer.
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The_Black_Log Foler
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Don't bother manual focusing for wildlife - do autofocus unless it's literally an extremely static (almost never with wildlife) subject where you can take time for composition. Also I don't know which version of the 6d you have, but either way I'd strongly recommend you download the manual for it and read it, then reread it, go take pictures, then reread it etc. Check out the section on focus modes - AI Servo will be your friend when autofocusing on moving objects. Depending on your camera there are other adjusts you can do to help with autofocusing in wildlife scenarios but this former is a really good place to start.
Diggin the night stuff. I'd play around with composition next time you do astro. If wherever you're going affords it, try to potential insert a foreground subject, maybe even with light. Using the term foreground with astro can be kinda misleading - because everything is in the "foreground" in a sense. Check out Chris Burkard's photography for inspiration.
Looking forward to seeing what you come back with.
Edit - I'd also recommend grabbing the book Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson.
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I have..and usually shoot RAW for my more serious stuff, but was running around Boston doing touristy during the day and just caught this after leaving a restaurant near the harbor. More spur of the moment...Subotai dig the composition of the kid in the smoke. The noise is pretty prominent but understandable with that setup. Have tried shooting your night stuff in raw and doing post on it?
