I was out photographing Kingfishers and fortunately, they decided to pay a visit.
But there were times when I was struggling badly with the light and my preferred settings were compromised. Shooting 720mm, I was wide open @ F8 and on the first shot, I was surprised just how small the depth of field was. When you consider that Kingfishers are only a couple if inches or so, to have the body sharp and the beak out of focus is quite amazing.
C18I5731a by Colin Cross, on Flickr
C18I5731b by Colin Cross, on FlickrThankfully he turned sideways.
C18I5744a by Colin Cross, on Flickr
But there were times when I was struggling badly with the light and my preferred settings were compromised. Shooting 720mm, I was wide open @ F8 and on the first shot, I was surprised just how small the depth of field was. When you consider that Kingfishers are only a couple if inches or so, to have the body sharp and the beak out of focus is quite amazing.
C18I5731a by Colin Cross, on Flickr
C18I5731b by Colin Cross, on FlickrThankfully he turned sideways.
C18I5744a by Colin Cross, on Flickr
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