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Message: <blockquote data-quote="snj979s" data-source="post: 602649" data-attributes="member: 43052"><p>Here's how I've been doing it.  Any feedback on improving my strategy is appreciated.  I set to manual.  Set shutter at 1/1600 if I have plenty of light 1/2000.  Aperture I have set at f8 for maximum sharpness on my lens, 5.6 if I need more light.  Nikon 70-300mm VR.  When I'm coming to an area where a bird is identified or expected I have ISO set to auto limited to 3200.  I get a few shots like this and then check exposure.  Also I don't want to miss the bird if it flies immediately.  Then I shut auto-ISO off and increase ISO if needed to expose properly for the bird often over-exposing the image a few stops depending on the type of light available.  I've been using matrix metering for this.  I could switch to spot but this would change my strategy.  Thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>