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Photographing against a bright sky

wildmaven

May 26, 2008, 04:23:38 PM

Any tips, tricks? I mean, besides "don't do it." Grin

I find that all the birds I want to photograph are all high up in trees against a bright sky. Arghgh.

Example:

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Travis Minnig

Reply #1 - May 26, 2008, 04:33:09 PM

Hmmmm, think, think, think....

Climb the tree higher than the birds you want and photograph them against the grass instead. Big Grin

Or, you could look for shorter trees to photograph them in...

Or, maybe you could knock them out of the trees (or even the sky with the right equipment) and then photograph them on the ground... [oooo, that was soooo evil]

j/k, no ideas. Sorry.

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wildmaven

Reply #2 - May 26, 2008, 04:56:21 PM

My husband has offered the use of his gun. Tongue

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Ginnypenny

Reply #3 - May 26, 2008, 06:57:02 PM

LOL

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BobEdens

Reply #4 - May 26, 2008, 08:41:53 PM

Point your camera at the sky above the birds head let the camera set its exposure, frame on the bird and take the shot then release the shutter and take the next shot as fast as you can. when you get home do HDR merge..

I was sitting next to Karen at an art show. This woman who had already told us how great her daughter was as an artist asked Karen how she got so much detail in her butterflies. Karen said she paints from photographs. When the lady asked how did Karen ever get a butterfly to sit that still, Karen looked at her and seriously said "Raid"

I almost died keeping a straight face.

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Travis Minnig

Reply #5 - May 26, 2008, 08:49:55 PM

OH! That's funny Bob!

OK, so here's an idea (for real). I don't know if it would work, but in theory it could. If you simply shot against the sky and let it blow out, you would have effectively created a solid white background that could easily be selected and replaced with any background you wanted. Is that cheating? Well, maybe; but it also might get you some options you wouldn't have otherwise. Thanks to technology! Now you could create an archive of amazing skies (or other bg's for that matter) and use them as you please.

Here's a quick edit as an example... (the selection and edges would have to be refined to print).

Travis

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