Darters at The Lodge

[Cory Stallard]

A few of my best shots from when we went to The Lodge in Bedfordshire a few weeks ago. I've never seen so many in one place before.
All are hand-held with the 7D and Tamron 90mm, comments/critiques welcomed.

#1

1/200, f/4.5, ISO 100

#2

1/500, f/3.5, ISO 100

#3

1/200, f/8, ISO 100

#4

1/200, f/7.1, ISO 100

#5

1/200, f/5, ISO 100

#6

1/200, f/5, ISO 100

Cory

[Stan]

Re: Darters at The Lodge

All common darters Cory, male, female and probably immature males. I like the poses but are slightly soft - some i think will come up better with a a bit more usm. I see you have used various apertures and only ISO 100. f8 -f11 usually works better with dragons and upping the ISO to 400 would give you a better shutter speed for handholding

Stan

[Cory Stallard]

Re: Darters at The Lodge

Thanks for the advice Stan, I will certainly try it out next time. What does usm stand for though??

Cory

[2Beers]

Re: Darters at The Lodge

Unsharp mask ?

[Cory Stallard]

Re: Darters at The Lodge

Of course, thanks for that Alex, was having a blonde moment
Cory

[rcarca]

Re: Darters at The Lodge

I am impressed they sat around for you to get close enough. I have always found them more than a tad jumpy at the sight of a lens peering at them - or perhaps that is just me they are wary of!

R

[tesarver]

Re: Darters at The Lodge

[Stan]

Re: Darters at The Lodge

I like the poses but are slightly soft -

I take back the second part of the comment, I was looking on my small laptop screen and now looking on the bigger screen they look fine, especially the last three

Stan