- Canon 400d and spare battery (on loan from college)
- Canon 75 - 300 lens (on loan from college)
- Canon 100 - 400 Lens (on loan from Dad)
- Metz 36 AF-4C flashgun
- Hama CA-1 Wireless shutter release
- Velbon Tripod
- Wild Bird Food
I then went to the waterpark and set up at the hide as I have done a few times before, made sure the food was in a small area and after comments from Steve on my last shoot made sure the camera was even closer to get the birds to fill the frame more. One issue I knew I would come across was the flashgun as the one I have got is not able to deal with shutter speeds above 1/200 of a second so this would limit the shots I could get in flight as the wings would be more blurred than I wanted.
After setting up the equipment as above the issue was after about 30 minutes of waiting no birds arrived which made me re-think my strategy. I decided to leave some more food down to hope I could attract birds to the area while I went off to take some photographs of larger water birds in flight and also try and get some shots of smaller birds sitting in trees as I could use some of these for my portfolio too. I left the hide area and made my way to the waterside to see what I could capture.
After an hour or so I returned to the hide to try again but again although a few robins turned up nothing else did I had realised that all the feeders around the hide were empty after another 30 minutes waiting around decided to go back to hand held shots of birds in trees. At around 11.30 I decided to head for home and as I did a lady turned up to fill up the feeders so I will aim to get back there soon to try again.
To see the images i did capture click here
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ReplyDeleteDid you manage to edit this image and the others we went through for your final 12. Can you sort the names out so we can meet the unit 3 criteria now as they are an easy tick off. Also scan all your work to make sure you are water tight as regards all criteria.
steve
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ReplyDeleteThis blog indeed meets all the criteria as per labels.A long list of them really but each met time and time again throughout all of your work/blog entries.
Well done.
Steve
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ReplyDeleteA practical entry about clothing and footwear ticks off 1.9 as well, simple but evidence of it in practise.
steve
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ReplyDeleteUnit One:
You have clearly evidenced that you have obtained unit 1 in line with the tracking criteria. Your research has clearly allowed you to expand your knowledge base. The experimental photography you have done is becoming more consolidated and is starting to improve.
Please refer to all the comments under you labelled blog entries for confirmation of this.
As you will know from all the accurate criteria specific data you have been given this has allowed you to react quickly to my comments to add value to your work.
You have explored your resources and used them to full value to obtain excellent work with underpinning criteria.
Steve