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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 525193" data-attributes="member: 13090">Well first of all there really are no &quot;best settings&quot; for different shooting situations. Rather than apply some &quot;recipe&quot; of settings, you need to understand, thoroughly understand, such things as the basics of exposure, how light metering works, white balance and so forth. Some issues I think you're having with this shot is that with a longer focal length like you're using here, the depth of field gets shallower. To deepen the depth of field, and get everything in focus, you had to close down your aperture, which drove up your ISO or drove down your shutter speed. Most of the time, if not all the time, getting good shots is a juggling act and as photographers we can't hope to simply memorize a series of situational recipe cards that will generate great shots every time based on the situation; Photography simply doesn't work that way.Since you were inside, I assume you were shooting through a window and that could have made things difficult for your auto-focus.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 525193, member: 13090"] Well first of all there really are no "best settings" for different shooting situations. Rather than apply some "recipe" of settings, you need to understand, [I]thoroughly understand[/I], such things as the basics of exposure, how light metering works, white balance and so forth. Some issues I think you're having with this shot is that with a longer focal length like you're using here, the depth of field gets shallower. To deepen the depth of field, and get everything in focus, you had to close down your aperture, which drove up your ISO or drove down your shutter speed. Most of the time, if not all the time, getting good shots is a juggling act and as photographers we can't hope to simply memorize a series of situational recipe cards that will generate great shots every time based on the situation; Photography simply doesn't work that way. Since you were inside, I assume you were shooting through a window and that could have made things difficult for your auto-focus. [/QUOTE]

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