There has been little of interest going on this week. Plenty of dull days when photography has been virtually impossible. By my reckoning we have had just three days without some rain this month. On top of that the PC has gradually been playing up more and more as it reaches the end of its useful working life.
Early yesterday morning I had a lone Jackdaw visit. It spent a good half hour hunting under the bird feeders and perusing the lawn. Tried several times to get a still shot but poor light levels gave a shutter speed of 1/4 second or longer. In desperation I tried video. Surprisingly that looked clear and bright. In fact the 70D made a very decent job of it though, as the camera was hand held, it was not as steady as I would have liked. Apart from compressing the video and adding a title this is as taken under conditions so poor it had difficulty focussing:
No sound as all you would have heard was the kettle boiling for the first cuppa of the day.
I get the impression from its general size and behaviour that it may have been a juvenile.
This is very impressive John. What aperture and ISO did you use? It is streets better than the 5DII.
ReplyDeleteAdrian. Max aperture for the lens is f5.6 so I guess that was what it used. Camera was set to ISO 800 for stills. Camera set to P mode. Canon do seem to have made vast improvements on the video capability.
Deletequite a handsome bird! and daunting eye!
ReplyDeleteTWG. They do have piercing light blue eyes. Quite unusual for a bird.
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