Psilos Bird Journal
Saturday October 20th 2007
     
"The love of light"
 
     
Good light is what we as photographers always seek. Living in the UK this is an elusive thing and is to be taken advantage of at any opportunity. Light in the early morning or late afternoon is best and with this in mind I set out for an hour mid afternoon. I have spent several years studying light and in road testing my camera further I wanted photographs taken in the best light possible and with the most challenging of exposures.
     

     
Mute swans bathing in bright light is always a challenge for exposures. Watched a couple of birds preening and bathing but didnt find it challenging enough and so I moved on to find a different target.



There are plenty of Black headed gulls at the park and plenty of people throwing bed in order to attract them. Found some trees with good foliage colour as a background and waited..
With the photograph above I was very impressed with the quality that this camera has given me. Most of the images I took today, all handheld were consistently sharp. The fast AF makes birds in flight so much easier.

 
This time I only had gulls to point my camera at but I am encouraged by the shots I took today and believe this camera is capable of so much more.