Attracting an owl....

Tracking an owl indoors using a 50mm lens was somewhat challenging, but it could have turned out worse!

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/1.4 @ 50 mm, 1/500, ISO 400, No Flash

Fag break

An X100 innocently sitting around the neck makes a great street photography tool. I was pleased with focussing accuracy given I was walking when this was taken and it is @ f/2

FUJIFILM FinePix X100, f/2 @ 23 mm, 1/950, ISO 400, No Flash

Jordan night portrait and rollerblader

Night portraits can be tricky. In this shot I used a high-ish ISO setting, wide aperture and flash. Jordan is exposed properly with the flash and some additional rim-lighting from the bridge lights. The background is exposed (rather than going black!) because the combination of high ISO and wide aperture lets enough light in give background detail.

EXIF Canon EOS-1D Mark III, f/2.2 @ 35 mm, 1/100, ISO 800, Flash

In this shot the 1DIII was set on Servo focussing. In Lightroom I used the direct positive preset and then added a little blur to the background + a vignette to help pop the subject.

EXIF Canon EOS-1D Mark III, f/4 @ 35 mm, 1/640, ISO 400, Flash

Gull in flight

I really liked the wing position on this shot. The 1D Mark III is notorious both for excellent servo AF and also very inconsistent autofocus. Top tip, put tracking speed on slowest! I took a load of bird in flight shots today with this setting using the 70-200 f/2.8 IS L II with the 1.4x II converter fitted. Correctly focussed shots over 90% of the time!

Canon EOS-1D Mark III, f/5.6 @ 280 mm, 1/1000, ISO 400