Yesterday, I went on a fall walk down our local bike trail with a good friend. The color is mostly over, but it was lovely weather, a nice time with a friend and made even more special because we got to hang out with Tony here.
Teri saw him up in a tree and we took photos of him for awhile before moving down the trail (he had flown off annoyed by our furious clicking). Enough!
On our way back, I heard some hawkish noises and we stopped and searched the trees and who did we see but Tony again. This time, I had the right lens on and he was right there in front of us posing. I think he liked us better the second time around as he seemed to call to us...or we just looked to him to be a scrumptious and easy dinner. Look at those talons! I coulda taken him, though...I'm scrappy, too:).
@soboy5 He was low and perhaps wanted to eat us:). Loved the looks he was giving me...looked at me like a dog cocking his head and such. So fun to be with him for awhile. @linnypinny Thanks so much, guys!!!
@brianarmoured I'm not bothered by any grain here. I just set it at 400 and went. I was on a shady trail so I thought 400 was a safe bet. Thanks, Brian. I did have to struggle with changing the lens out to get in there better at some point and change my focal point and walk closer and closer and try not to look like a steak on legs:).
Great capture! I see hawks many times sitting on top of power poles surveying farmer's fields for rodents. I have never stopped to try and photograph them though.
@originalintentionstudios Thanks so much, Gabriel...would you mind pushing the button again, though:). So love your name. Did I tell you it's my son's middle name?
stunning focus and love the bokeh too. Noticed the comments. I think I've seen ISO 400 on most of your shots. I keep mine at 100, unless I can't open the aperture wide enough to get a shot in low light, or if I need more dof (smaller aperture) and can't get enough light. I don't see any grain in this image though.
@amandal Going back to film days, the lower the ISO, the finer the grain, but even with film, as technology improved even an ISO 800 was pretty fine, ISO 50 was the lowest I'm aware of, but could have been 25. The same usually holds true for digital. My camera's lowest setting is 100, and so I keep it there, unless light dictates otherwise. hope this helps.
@amandal lol my youngest daughters favourite game on playstation was Tony Hawke - she even hobbled on crutches all the way from one end of Olympic Park to the other to see his demo at the V8's a few years ago hahahaha
@bill_fe Thanks, 100. I'll try that more often. Thanks for the info, Bill. Awhile back at camera club, a lady who was a professional photographer seemed to indicate that 400 was a safe setting. I think that I had already been doing that, it was working and I went with it. I do change at times, especially with low light, but not much.
What a great shot Amanda, fav. Interesting to read all the comments about ISO as that's something I've been trying to get my head around this week too!!
@paulaw@bill_fe My camera shows pictures with each ISO that are absolutely not helpful at all. Thanks, Bill. It's always funny to me when someone asks me about my ISO. Happened here and with another recent shot. And I think, yeah, so? It's just ISO:).
@paulaw@amandal Huh? what do you mean with each ISO? Back in the film days film was sometimes marked with ISO and ASA, but the numbers were the same. ISO is International Organization for Standardization, ASA is Americah Standards Association. Both ratings were the same, so ISO 400 = ASA 400. The U.S. switched to ISO at some point, but I don't remember when.
@bill_fe When I switch betweet ISOs it shows a photo of scene that it would look best in (I guess). Yours may do that as well. I just find the photos/the examples unhelpful. But you are helpful. Than you.
@amandal I see, mine does't do that, I have an ISO button on the back, I press it in and turn the knob on top, the one I use for shutter speed, and the ISO changes. If I use the rear screen to change ISO, it just changes it there, no picture view.
Here's an article strictly on film speeds.
http://planetanimals.com/logue/Film-sp.html