This is probably the most important information in birds photography. The distance, aperture, depth of field, all combined together must match. Thank you for this video, was specifically looking for this information and found your channel. God bless you!
Brilliant explanation Ray, I just spent a day photographing diking kingfisher and pre focused on the area it was dining in and shot over 4000 images at 1/6400 and F11 not a single one in focus becasue after looking at your video theres just not enough DOF at 300mm and about 12 feet away. Cant go further back in a hide, most said pre-focus and f9 would give me sharp results but this has not been the case. Great videos, cheers mate
That was really helpful. I’m always annoyed when I get home with soft images which are always caused by bad technique or my misunderstanding. Great lesson, thank you 🙏
Excellent explanation, this was the first vidio I have seen of yours and Iam vary impressed how you brake things down and explain them . Keep up the good work .😊
I'm probably quite alone with this opinion, but I like the ›cluttered‹ background more: I like it, when I can discern some of the habitat. Thanks for the comparison!
I'm totally with you on showing more of the habitat in photos, that's one of my main styles of bird photography, but I still try to get separation on the background behind the subject when I do that. I love to see more habitat around it but not a cluttered look. Thanks for watching and commenting!
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This is probably the most important information in birds photography. The distance, aperture, depth of field, all combined together must match. Thank you for this video, was specifically looking for this information and found your channel. God bless you!
Thanks so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it and learned from it!
Great info here Ray . Thanks for sharing.
Brilliant explanation Ray, I just spent a day photographing diking kingfisher and pre focused on the area it was dining in and shot over 4000 images at 1/6400 and F11 not a single one in focus becasue after looking at your video theres just not enough DOF at 300mm and about 12 feet away. Cant go further back in a hide, most said pre-focus and f9 would give me sharp results but this has not been the case. Great videos, cheers mate
That was really helpful. I’m always annoyed when I get home with soft images which are always caused by bad technique or my misunderstanding. Great lesson, thank you 🙏
I'm so glad to hear that, thanks for watching and for the feedback!
Really good info. Thanks for this!
Excellent explanation, this was the first vidio I have seen of yours and Iam vary impressed how you brake things down and explain them . Keep up the good work .😊
Thanks so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate the feedback!
Thank you for the information, Ray!!.
Sure thing, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Great example and one I will remember as use as rookery season opens! Thanks Ray!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
Super helpful-as always.
Thanks for watching!
I'm probably quite alone with this opinion, but I like the ›cluttered‹ background more: I like it, when I can discern some of the habitat.
Thanks for the comparison!
I'm totally with you on showing more of the habitat in photos, that's one of my main styles of bird photography, but I still try to get separation on the background behind the subject when I do that. I love to see more habitat around it but not a cluttered look. Thanks for watching and commenting!
First comparison is too close to make a DOF difference (just a little)
Yeah, that's the point I'm trying to illustrate. Angle of the subject matters more than aperture at that distance.
@@RayHennessy I’ve tried so many different things with BIF with a1 and 200-600 to getting sharper photos, can be frustrating
@@KenToney sorry to hear that. I'll be sharing a video on how I approach birds in flight soon!
@@RayHennessy will be watching thanks!