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Originally Posted by dcstep
If you don't mind, I'd like to offer some suggestions after looking at your EXIF.
Don't be afraid to crop. Just because you used a 400mm doesn't mean that the subject is large enough in the screen. I would have featured one of the cows. At least crop the partial one out on the left.
You under exposed. Generally anything with a lot of brown and dark should be shot at +1EV instead of 0EV, as you did. You can normalize the brightness in RAW conversion if it's too bright. (The old saw about not blowing out important highlights still holds).
For nature and with a long lens, I use ISO 800 as my default. Shutter speeds in the 1/1000 to 1/2000-sec shows up as sharper images. Also, at that ISO you can often stop down to f/8 or f/11 to gain DOF.
Here's an example, taken with the 500mm, a buck among other deer, cropped to eliminate other distrations, shot at ISO 800 and +4/3EV, f/6.3 resulting in 1/1000-sec.:
The lens helps, but you can't rely it to create an interesting image.
Dave
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Absolutely, I appreciate the constructive criticism. Thanks for the info!
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Elk Cow in the Early Morning Sun by
mkrepp, on Flickr
Being used to my 40D, I'm always weary of cropping. The 5d2 really helps in this area.