p.26 #1 · Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM Image Thread
gordec wrote:
Does the appearance of this picture look like it's from heat wave to you?
It could be, yes.
The fact that you said you were using the car to steady your hand also brought me to that guess.
I've had nightmares shooting over cars and poking a camera out the window to take a shot.
It could be lots of things, what I am suggesting is just one.
p.26 #3 · Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM Image Thread
naturephoto1 wrote:
This may be an obvious; I presume that your car engine was not running when you took the image.
Rich
I find that for the most part, it doesn't matter if it is or it isn't running.
That heat stays around for some time after turning the car off.
I have a black SUV, there are heat waves coming off of it a year long.
Even with the car not running, if you jumped out and started to shoot over the hood, you'll probably get heat waves.
I've had it in the winter where I've gotten out of my warm car with my camera pointing down, and because of the lens hood
holding in some warm air, I'd get heat waves when I brought it up to shoot.
Sometimes it's just humidity in the atmosphere.
Maybe that's a better way of putting it, that I think that some kind of atmosphere is the reason the image is slightly off.
p.26 #4 · Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM Image Thread
davev wrote:
I find that for the most part, it doesn't matter if it is or it isn't running.
That heat stays around for some time after turning the car off.
I have a black SUV, there are heat waves coming off of it a year long.
Even with the car not running, if you jumped out and started to shoot over the hood, you'll probably get heat waves.
I've had it in the winter where I've gotten out of my warm car with my camera pointing down, and because of the lens hood
holding in some warm air, I'd get heat waves when I brought it up to shoot.
Sometimes it's just humidity in the atmosphere.
Maybe that's a better way of putting it, that I think that some kind of atmosphere is the reason the image is slightly off....Show more →
I am not suggesting for heat but rather for vibrations that run through the camera and lens. It is always recommended to shut off the vehicle engine to prevent vibration.
p.26 #5 · Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM Image Thread
davev wrote:
It could be, yes.
The fact that you said you were using the car to steady your hand also brought me to that guess.
I've had nightmares shooting over cars and poking a camera out the window to take a shot.
It could be lots of things, what I am suggesting is just one.
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naturephoto1 wrote:
This may be an obvious; I presume that your car engine was not running when you took the image.
Rich
Car was running, but I think I also got out of the car and took a few more. I can't remember. I think it's just all technique. The 1.4 with GM is cable of producing very sharp pictures when I'm closer. I just can't get it all that sharp the farther I'm from the subject. I have fairly steady hands.
p.26 #6 · Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM Image Thread
gordec wrote:
Car was running, but I think I also got out of the car and took a few more. I can't remember. I think it's just all technique. The 1.4 with GM is cable of producing very sharp pictures when I'm closer. I just can't get it all that sharp the farther I'm from the subject. I have fairly steady hands.
p.26 #10 · Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM Image Thread
gordec wrote:
A6400
I have a love/hate relationship with that camera and lens combo.
I have used the same setup as you are, and have gotten the same results, but not so much with standing subjects.
I have issues with birds flying and encountering this.
I've tried it with a 1.4 tc and a 2x tc, pretty much the same thing. A 10 shot burst will give me 2 shots dead on, and 8 shots slightly off.
People have told me that it has to do with the camera only adjusting the focus 5 times a second, while I'm shooting 10 frames a second.
I think it still could be atmospheric, but I'm not positive. (having used that camera and lens setup)
Maybe try some different setting for the AF. Tracking on and off. The different settings for the tracking modes.
If you figure it out, I'd like to hear what you came up with.
p.26 #11 · Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM Image Thread
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 9:10 AM.
Looking at a wading Great Egret in breeding plumage with radiating ripples in the water below the beak; 3 drops of water are on the underside near the tip of the Egret's beak. I suspect that a drop of water fell off the beak to create the radiating ripples.
Slightly cropped tripod mounted 100-400mm f4-f5.6 GM set to 297mm and A7rIII camera.
ISO 100, f5.0 1/50 second Exposure corrected -0.24 Stops
May 11, 2019
At Gatorland, Orlando or Kissimmee, FL
p.26 #13 · Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM Image Thread
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 8:21 PM.
Looking right after the sun had dropped below the far hill (but about 9 minutes before actual sunset).
Tripod mounted FE 100-400mm GM set to 303mm and A7rIII, silent shutter.
ISO 100, f11, 1/640 second; exposure corrected +2.14 Stops
July 15,2019.
Near the top of the Trexler Nature Preserve. Schnecksville, PA
p.26 #16 · Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM Image Thread
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 6:01 PM.
Looking at Farmers Fields
Tripod mounted FE 100-400mm GM set to 276mm and A7rIII with Singh-Ray Color Combo Polarizer Filter (Polarizer with Color Intensifier). silent shutter.
ISO 100, f14, 1/8 second; exposure corrected +0.83 Stops
August 3,2019
Along Rhoads Road, Lynn Township, PA
p.26 #19 · Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM Image Thread
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE image thread and taken at 10:05 AM.
Looking at a wading Great Egret in breeding plumage.
Flipped image, tripod mounted FE 100-400mm f4-f5.6 GM set to 400mm and A7rIII.
ISO 100, f5.6 1/800 second
May 11, 2019
At Gatorland, Orlando or Kissimmee, FL
p.26 #20 · Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM Image Thread
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 8:06 PM.
Looking at the sun a little before sunset through tree silhouettes.
Tripod mounted FE 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 GM set to 327mm and A7rIII, silent shutter.
ISO 400, f16, 1/125 second
July 26,2019
Near the top of the Trexler Nature Preserve. Schnecksville, PA
