Animals -- Emma

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Goldeneye Aloft || f/4.5 || 1/640s || ISO 400 || 135mm

 

Shrieking of the Marsh || ISO 200 [only the ISO is in the metadata for this shot for some reason]

 

Solitary Flight  || f/5.6 || 1/320s || ISO 100 || 135mm 

 


 Sunset on the Flats || f/4.5|| 1/640s || ISO 100 || 135mm

 

Wingspan || f/4.5 || 1/640s || ISO 800 || 135mm
 

   

      I am really happy with my photos! Most obviously, the hardest thing with photographing birds is getting a good timing. In all of them, my shutter speed could have been increased to get crisper images in flight, particularly of the short-billed gull. Having its wings be vertical would increase the effect of the picture. I used burst shooting, but the shutter speed was just a bit slow and didn't capture as many good shots as I could have otherwise. In a couple cases, the shutter speed aligned with the wingbeats so the bird was captured in the same position between pictures and I did not get anything I really liked.

        I cropped some of these in order to create a more drastic image, but having a larger lens would definitely increase the quality and effectiveness of taking bird pictures drastically. For the photo of the common goldeneye, it would have been better if the lighting were brighter. In the picture of the red-winged blackbird, I like the dividing line that the cattail provides, but overall the photo is a bit fuzzy and soft. I really like the mood of the photo of the great blue heron, and I like how the sillhouette of the heron constrasts with the brighter sunset (and it also contrasts with the rest of the photos in my series). Lastly, I love how the last photo captures the transparency of the gull's wings in the last photo, really showing the detail of each of its feathers.    

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