BlueTail BeeEater

**mervin** · 10th Nov 2005, 17:11

here are my most humble shots of this rather shy bird.

pics were cropped.

Blue-tailed Beeeaters
Merops Philippinus

**Simon** · 10th Nov 2005, 17:25

very well taken, looks like its money worth spending :P

**hwchoy** · 10th Nov 2005, 18:53

good texture

simi lens again?

**Simon** · 10th Nov 2005, 19:26

500mm

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**mervin** · 10th Nov 2005, 20:25

only #1 - ok. the beak rather soft, not sharp.
#2 - so-so, slightly too dark.
#3 - worst of the lot, should have used flash but i have another shooter behind me who was using a compact so he just might not appreciate me scaring away the birdie.

**Simon** · 10th Nov 2005, 20:44

use a smaller aperature next time lor. btw, what aperature u shot them with?

**mervin** · 10th Nov 2005, 20:47

they were shot at F8.

not sure but i realised that the nearer one is to the subject, the shallower the DOF is....true ?

anyway lighting was less then ideal.....

**Simon** · 11th Nov 2005, 12:11

ya, DOF also depends on the distance u r from the subject

**benny** · 11th Nov 2005, 12:38

Originally Posted by Simon

500mm

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The S$12000 monster!!?

Good stuff. The last picture could benefit from fill in flash.

Cheers,

**hwchoy** · 11th Nov 2005, 13:53

Originally Posted by mervin

they were shot at F8.

not sure but i realised that the nearer one is to the subject, the shallower the DOF is....true ?

anyway lighting was less then ideal.....

yah DOF is a geometric function, not linear.

**mervin** · 11th Nov 2005, 21:25

Originally Posted by hwchoy

yah DOF is a geometric function, not linear.

hey brother.....my England not that powerful lah, can explain ?

**hwchoy** · 11th Nov 2005, 21:57

ah that means the amount of "depth of field" in the equation that calculates it, is not a linear function like 0.3x but 1/x (inverse function), something like that.

I anyhow gasak one lah. you interested go and research a bit the formula lah.