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Sit-in

Today I did my first sit-in at a pond. Nadine had reliably seen a grey wagtail on her commute over several days, so while Tilian was at sports, I used the time to settle down by a quiet stretch of water, with dead trees and slightly flowing water.

Grey wagtail perched on a dead branch
Caption
Grey wagtail
Camera
Canon EOS R5
Lens
150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary 015
Focal length
600mm
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Exposure
1/2000s · ISO 5000

I did not lock the ISO range of the R5 yet. I expected shooting manual with locked-in aperture and shutter speed would give enough room for the R5 to choose the right ISO level, but I reckon I did not use the right metering setting and the ISO was pushed up to 12800. Next tweak: review the metering and fix the auto ISO range. The redstart would have turned out a lot better with a lower ISO. Objectively the grey wagtail too but I will settle with ISO 6400 per Jaspers recommendation and test different metering settings.

Male common redstart singing on a mossy branch
Caption
Common redstart
Camera
Canon EOS R5
Lens
150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary 015
Focal length
600mm
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Exposure
1/2000s · ISO 12800
Grey heron standing on a fallen log over a duckweed-covered pond
Caption
Grey heron
Camera
Canon EOS R5
Lens
150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary 015
Focal length
600mm
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Exposure
1/2000s · ISO 3200

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