photographing eyes

Hi To everyone

Could someone tell me the best way to get photographs of pigeon eyes

Seem some on here which are excellent

John

Think Rudderfett might be the one to ask on this subject
Ken

Cheers Ken

Ken Do you race in the north west combine

John

yes the 3 counties combine
Ken

Hi Ken

Im on the Wirral

Hi Johnny its a good site this who u fly with
Ken

John you need to have your camra on macro and get someone to hold the birds head and beak and take the photo as close as you can to make clear and not blurd

have been going to try this for a long time but never bothered, as ginger says get someone to hold it for you then get as close as possible to the eye...........alternatively do some cameras zoom in to the object intended to photograph ?

North Wirral Fed

Ive just taken job for Western Region Sec

Thats a job and a half , so i take it that i will be sending our club rpra fees to you then John, good luck with the post, i know thats a hard one
Ken

yes Ken For 2011

Id better behave myself then lol, i do hope you enjoy the job, its not one i feel i could do,
Ken

John are you going to enter the site shows its just a bit of fun over the winter months
ken

Yes Ken

Have the pictures got to be taken in the loft

John

Not really John as it is only for fun
Ken

johnny11 wrote:

Yes Ken

Have the pictures got to be taken in the loft

John

show pictures can be taken anywhere, either in the loft or out....in the aviery or on top of the loft. the only ones which arnt allowed are the profesional type, you know the ones with the cloud background type of thing.

send them to davidlucas05@aol.com

You will enjoy John, as Ken says it's all good fun and you can see other pigeons and compare them with your own at this time of year

On the ubject of eyes, I hhave photgraphed them 100,s of times and the best way is out side in the sun, but you have to have the right camera, or should I say lens. Basically to get the exploded view that is close up you need a macro lens or facility which allows close subjects to remain in focus. So thats what you need first, normal comact camras wont do it as tey cant focus up close, hope this helps.

Hi

Many Thanks for the reply

I have a 10 megapixel camera and a 35mm macro lens. I have been struggling with the focal length that the photo should be taken with and also with it being so dark now when I get in from work im trying it indoors. I have got off camera flash and also in built flash.

Im struggling on how close with the macro to get the fine detail and also do you need an extra pair of hands or do you have some holding device

John

havent really tried this photographing the eye might give it a go

have thought about having a go many times, but never have....daughters got a nice camera (which cost me a lot of money...lol) and ill try use it to see how they come out.

yes david i have a 10 megapixel camera will have a go

this one is a fuji 12.2 mega pixel with a zoom out lense so might do a decent pic....???

mines a fuji david aswell with zoom

loos like a slr but digital with lcd screen