Ashy Prinia

[Keerthy Rajagopal]

Hello all,

Here is my first post. I found this little fellow near our stay, at a place called Kongahalli near Thalavadi.

EXIF:
Camera model: Canon EOS 550D,
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250 II,
Mode: AV mode,
Focal length: 250mm,
Shutter speed: 1/160,
F Stop: 5.6,
ISO: 400
Metering: Center weighted average,
Other: Handheld, cropped.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice image. The eye contact is nice. The shutter speed was low. These birds are very agile and one needs a faster shutter speed or click at the right time when the bird is momentarily still. Is this a large crop? Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Keerthy Rajagopal]

@Sabyasachi, yes this is a large crop. Could you please advise me on how much shutter speed approximately will give good detail of the subject?
And thank you for your comments.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Good perch and nice eye contact. Agree about the shutter speed. I think if the bird is perched then around 1/500 should be sufficient, even less shutter speed can work if you are folllowing the hand holding techniques properly. For birds in flight a higher shutter speed is required. You can check the Tips section for more details. Thanks for sharing.

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Beautiful pose, typical of a Priniya or a Robin (with its tail up). Nice first post.

Agree that a higher shutter speed would have helped. However, you were already at F5.6 and 400 ISO. I think you just had one more stop on the apreture to play with (F4.0) which may have given you a slightly higher shutter speed. Similarly, a 800 ISO would have also given you a higher shutter speed, but a 550D at 800 ISO could be a little noisy. Lastly, a lesser crop will also give you more sharpness and details.

Thanks for sharing and look forward to more.

regards
Rajan

[Keerthy Rajagopal]

Thanks a lot to everyone for the comments and feedback.

[Mohan Raj]

Beautiful bird and well taken photograph. TFS. :001_smile: