Shooting in the Dark

By Words | Published January 25, 2011

Not quite, but the light today was truly dreadful so a smaller post this evening. I had hoped to photograph the foxes, but no sign of them after the best part of an hour looking. So just a couple of shots, taken into deep shade across the lake. For the technically minded, they were taken at ISO 800, f/7.1, shutter 1/320s (manual settings, and heavily under exposed).

If you look carefully, as well as the Egyptian geese coming in to land, there are several other birds in the shot: a coot, a gull and a cormorant. Click on the images for larger versions of the shots.


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Camera note: both shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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10 Comments

  1. gdare January 26, 2011 at 6:01 am #

    Even with bad light they look clear :up:

  2. cakkleberrylane January 26, 2011 at 7:01 pm #

    Great shots, especially considering the light. What a wonderful variety of birds.

  3. 7Wellis January 27, 2011 at 7:01 am #

    Interesting! The fotos remember me to that:

    behind our house. 🙂

  4. SittingFox January 27, 2011 at 6:01 pm #

    I don't like taking pictures on days like that :insane:

    But they've come out well enough :up:

  5. Words January 27, 2011 at 9:01 pm #

    Erwin, thanks!

  6. Words January 27, 2011 at 9:01 pm #

    Adele, it's not my favourite way of taking photos, but it's been dull so often that I'm improving my technique bit by bit!

  7. Words January 27, 2011 at 9:01 pm #

    7Wellis, that's behind your house! Great 😀

  8. Words January 27, 2011 at 9:01 pm #

    Lois, yes it's a nice spot.Even better with some light 😉

  9. Words January 27, 2011 at 9:01 pm #

    Darko, thanks! I think these long shots work better in poor conditions. You lose a little bit of detail, but I quite like the overall darkness.

  10. Wulpen October 19, 2012 at 8:10 pm #

    Wow Great