Woody's Hermosa Luz 2025
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Sure. I always use either single point or auto area with my D500. Shutter speed and aperture vary according to conditions, but I use the fastest shutter speed I can "get away" with. For birds in flight in good light I go 1/3200 most of the time. With stationary subjects I still use 1/2000 or even faster if I can, because stationary subjects often turn into moving subjects very quickly.
Of course, in low light all of this changes. With owls before sunrise, for example, I have gone as slow as 1/8 second and pick through a lot of shots to find a sharp one. I use auto-ISO, keeping an eye on things and using exposure compensation as needed. Aperture wide open in low light, but f/7.1 or so in good light for a tad more DOF and a slight improvement in sharpness. I close down more if I need the DOF when there are multiple subjects in the frame. . Most of the shots I post here are with a 500 PF lens, which I find to be a very sharp lens. The Denoise software available these days has certainly made a big difference.Wow, that's an awesome photograph. I saw in a TV special on the Chesapeake Bay that ospreys are expert at fishing and they compete with eagles, who are less adept at it. The eagles, being stronger and more adept at flying, will sometimes swoop in on ospreys and take their fish, sometimes in mid-air!