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Getting use to my 100mm – 400mm L lens
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Spent the last 2 days trying to get some good shots with my new lens.
I do like the lenses reach but it seems if you don’t have right light your barking up the
wrong tree anybody else have experience with this lens.All comments welcome.
This image just me messing with photoshop not really knowing what i was doing damn blue tit jumping just when about pull the trigger
They all look a little washed out, is that down to processing or what kind of
settings were you using? I dont have any experience of this lens so cant
really comment on the lens, but maybe if you make a few adjustments with
your settings you will get better results. It takes time to get used to a new
lens but that is half the fun! Seeing what it can produce in what conditions, though
the light seems ok in your shots.Not sure what you mean by washed out, no real processing on the last 2 just cropping.
Exposure 1/100 sec ISO 800 F/13
For small birds who never stop still for long it’s all about fast shutter speeds and widest aperture possible
with auto iso.
try to get your shutter speed up to around 300 and open up the lens to let in more light and reduce depth
of field to isolate the bird from the background.
best of luck and keep posting
Michael
There is a huge difference in the colours in the last two shots, one is very
blue and one green but both are pale and lacking contrast. At 800 ISO you
could have opened up the aperture and got a faster shutter speed, assuming
you were shooting at full stretch ie 400mm you should be aiming for at
least 1/500th or there abouts.All in all the shots are not bad sharpness wise but need a bit of tweeking in
post processing. Shooting RAW will also open up better options when
processing.Just opinions of course, enjoy getting to know your new lens :)
Thanks for the comments
they are more than welcome as i’m a complete novice to these settings
and photography in generalSet your camera to AV [apperture priority] set your lens to AF [auto focus] extend your lens to full zoom this should give you an f/stop of 5.6 [widest apperture with this lens at full zoom] experiment with ISO,depending on the light on the day of course. Start at say 200-300 and experiment. Be careful as you are releasing the shutter, try a shutter cable release if you have one. I would also always use a sturdy tripod.
Try that and come back to us with some new shots. By the sound of things you are a beginner [apologies in advance if I’m wrong] but you’ve got a good lens there. Best of luck with it.
Pat
yep complete novice pat thanks for advice.
i don’t have a tri-pod but would probably look into monopod
I have this lens and find it very good with bird shots. With experience I use the following settings most of the time:
ISO 800 minimum. ISO higher is light is very cloudy.
Set shutter (TV shutter priority mode) speed to 1/400 or 1/500 sec. 1/100sec is too slow. Let camera set aperture.
Shoot RAW. I get good results with Canon bundled DPP software.
If the light is reasonable you should be able to get steady shot hand held.Don’t forget to select your focus points.
I think the shots might improve.
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