{"id":22891,"date":"2015-02-27T23:26:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T23:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=22891"},"modified":"2015-02-27T23:28:08","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T23:28:08","slug":"more-woodland-experiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/more-woodland-experiments\/","title":{"rendered":"More Woodland Experiments"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ll put a couple of wildlife shots at the end of the blog, but I’ve been spending more time taking dodgy woodland photos. I was better prepared today, and actually had a tripod with me. This certainly makes a big difference and will open up more possibilities. I have plans, but am not going to reveal them yet. Suffice to say, there are some interesting sections in the 7DII user guide which are going to come in handy.<\/p>\n

Anyway today, it was basic stuff. Woodland path. Tripod and big tree in the centre of the shot. This is what it starts off looking like. Nothing fancy here, just a basic shot.<\/p>\n

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The I started playing around with the zoom. The tripod meant I could concentrate on how I was using the camera and the differences between fast\/slow, pause\/zoom, zoom\/pause and so on. Counter-intuitive though it may be, the fastest zoom doesn’t produce the greatest blur. I suppose that should be obvious, but now at least I know for sure.<\/p>\n

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Here’s another pair, the second one being a steady zoom that moved for the whole period the shutter was open. As you can see, the effect is extreme. <\/p>\n

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I also played around with some proper woodland photography. <\/p>\n

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As for wildlife, I took this shot of a robin earlier in the week but didn’t use it in the Cormorant<\/a> post. I like it too much to waste it though.<\/p>\n

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Robin on a brick wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And the final shot is one from this morning… one of the local rodents. <\/p>\n

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Rat Portrait-style<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ll put a couple of wildlife shots at the end of the blog, but I’ve been spending more time taking dodgy woodland photos. I was better prepared today, and actually had a tripod with me. This certainly makes a big difference and will open up more possibilities. I have plans, but am not going to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[980,1003,781,3],"tags":[1183,78,110,1113],"class_list":["post-22891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-landscape-2","category-rats","category-wildlife","tag-rat","tag-robin","tag-woodland","tag-zoom","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t