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Hello,

I've been out for just a little few bird shot yesterday, along with the metallic birds...

I came into this problem, the blown highlights on the white feathers:

I do not see your pictures Yi-P????

Sorry, can you try again now?

cant see the images either,
but generally you want to avoid shooting white birds in bright sunlight.
best times are early morning and late arvo.

If using flash you want to reduce the amount of flash. depending on the degree of whiteness -2ev of flash may be around right.

looking at the photos may give us some clues

Steve

On face value maybe try a lower Fstop and use flash.
Jethro

Can you all see the pics now?? I've tried to fix them up the server... tell me if you can see them...

looked again and I see the sun was lower in the sky.
I am guessing arvo because it is quite bright
probably best to avoid photographing birds in light like this anyhow
this goes back to the best light being early mornings.

I like to use centre weighted metering when photographing birds. helps me measure the light on the bird rather than the whole scene.

dont be afraid to use exposure compensation either.
a lot bird photographers use fill flash most of the time with birds.

seagulls are easy to practice on though because you can find them everywhere.
you can take a bunch of shots experimenting. set the review screen to show highlights and look at the histagrams.

a few practice shots will get you sorted in no time. digital is free.

steve

avkomp wrote:looked again and I see the sun was lower in the sky.
I am guessing arvo because it is quite bright
probably best to avoid photographing birds in light like this anyhow
this goes back to the best light being early mornings.

I like to use centre weighted metering when photographing birds. helps me measure the light on the bird rather than the whole scene.

dont be afraid to use exposure compensation either.
a lot bird photographers use fill flash most of the time with birds.

seagulls are easy to practice on though because you can find them everywhere.
you can take a bunch of shots experimenting. set the review screen to show highlights and look at the histagrams.

a few practice shots will get you sorted in no time. digital is free.

steve

Yep, it was taken at about 4:20pm when sun is just at the nice touches in the avro times.


I used centre weighted metering as well, added 1/3 stop to get a bit detail (maybe this is where I failed?).

Shutter priority at 1/800 with 300mm range

I will remember to take out my flash when photographing birds

Thanks for the tips!

I used centre weighted metering as well, added 1/3 stop to get a bit detail (maybe this is where I failed?).

probably because that white is much brighter than the surrounds and more reflective.

probably easier to expose for the brilliant white and fill the rest.

Steve