BetterPhoto Q&A
Category: New Answers

Sakthik .		Bird Photography > Where to focus ? Hello there, I am quite new to Bird photography, I took some photos of pelicans and falmingos last weekend. All individual photos came out very well. I struggled a lot in focusing when there are two Birds together and I want both of them to be in focus. Like this one: http://www.pbase.com/zymans/image/51769368 Where am I suppose to focus, If I focus on one bird other gets outfocused. Its quite difficult for me to handle such situation. How would you handle it and where would you focus? Many thanks To love this question, log in above December 20, 2005

Samuel Smith		hey kannan, you need more dof. if your shooting at f4 you might want to go to 5.6 or f8. is that with manual focus?what mm lens? sam To love this comment, log in above December 20, 2005

Justin G.		Well the picure he posted was shot at f/10 so at 500mm I'd say more than that. You're gonna have to get up in the f/16 range, in which you'll need some serious bright light or fast films. To love this comment, log in above December 20, 2005

Bob Cammarata		Ideally, both animals should be in the focus plane, especially with telephotos since your DOF is so limited. As the others have mentioned, a smaller aperture will help to keep near and far birds in apparent focus...(if the available light allows this.) If given no other choice, focus on the nearer bird's eyes and let the focus on the one in the background fall where it may. Or, you can just be patient and see if they shift around to something more workable. To love this comment, log in above December 20, 2005

Sakthik .		Hey, Thanks to all of you. I will try out with smaller aperture values and test out the DOF. cheers. To love this comment, log in above December 20, 2005

This old forum is now archived. Use improved Forum here Report this Thread