jayson_cardwell

I'm going to agree with Petr. I'd look into getting a Better Beamer attachment. I've heard great things about it. I believe if memory serves me correctly, it'll add 2-2.5 stops to your flash.

I DECIDED TO SKIP THROUGH MOST OF THE REPLIES TO THE POST, SO IF MY OPINION TURNS OUT TO BE THE SAME AS OTHERS I APOLOGIZE. WHY ISN'T WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAHY CONSIDERED ART? HMMM BECAUSE HALF OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOESN'T SEE IT AS SO. IT TAKES A SELECT FEW OF US WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER TO REALIZE THAT EVERY BIOLOGICAL CREATURE IS ART IN ITSLEF. IF THEY CAN CAPTURE AN EAGLE ON CANVAS AND DISPLAY T AS 'ART', THEN FILM IS JUST A DIFFERENT MEDIUM. I AM PROUD TO BE A WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER, AND I'LL TREAT MY WORK AS THE HIGHEST FORM OF ART, NO MATTER WHAT THE MAINSTREAM SAYS!

MY SUGGESTION TO YOU IS THIS. BRING AN ARRAY OF FILM, IN ALL DIFFERENT SPEEDS. YOU'LL FIND THAT YOU MAY WANT TO SHOOT LATER INTO THE EVENING, AND A 400 OR 800 SPEED WILL SUIT YOU JUST FINE. IF YOU'RE UNSURE, TAKE A GOOD 200 SPEED (I LIKE ROYAL GOLD, PERSONAL OPINION). IT'LL BE A GOOD 'ALL-AROUND' SPEED DECENT COLOR SATURATION AND FAST ENOUGH THAT YOU WON'T HAVE TO CONPENSATE WITH FLASH, AND SHUTTER SPEED TOO MUCH TO GET THE EXPOSURE YOU WANT. MY ADVICE TO YOU IS TAKE A SEVERAL ROLLS OF 100-400 SPEED, AND THEN 2-3 ROLLS OF 800 JUST INCASE YOU'RE NOT SURE. WHILE YOU'RE AT IT EXPERIMENT. GRAB SOME SLIDE FILM, TAKE A ROLL OR 2 IT WON'T HURT TO TRY IT OUT, EVENTUALLY YOU'LL WANT TO SHOOT SLIDE AND ONLY SLIDE. THIS'LL BE A GOOD TRIP TO HELP YOU FIGURE OUT WHICH FILM'S WORK THE BEST FOR YOU AS A SHOOTER!