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<blockquote data-quote="John101477" data-source="post: 105821" data-attributes="member: 8223"><p>Some nice bird shots the last few Image posts. I was taught one simple rule for animals when they are completly still that may help you here. IDK exactly what lens you are using but a good rule of thumb is to not go below your lens focal length for animals that are still. So with a 400mm lens you would stay above 1/400 shutter speed for objects not moving. That obviously goes up significantly with animals in motion. Now I know what I am about to tell you is going to get me shunned by the community but try this and it will be a great stepping stone in your wildlife photography. Set your camera to Shutter priority and turn you Auto ISO on and set so the highest ISO is a workable number. If you get acceptable shots at ISO3200 go for it. keep tabs on what your conditions are. Get used to controlling focus points etc on the go. after a while everything will just click and you wont even shoot in Shutter Priority any more... Well maybe some times lol</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="John101477, post: 105821, member: 8223"] Some nice bird shots the last few Image posts. I was taught one simple rule for animals when they are completly still that may help you here. IDK exactly what lens you are using but a good rule of thumb is to not go below your lens focal length for animals that are still. So with a 400mm lens you would stay above 1/400 shutter speed for objects not moving. That obviously goes up significantly with animals in motion. Now I know what I am about to tell you is going to get me shunned by the community but try this and it will be a great stepping stone in your wildlife photography. Set your camera to Shutter priority and turn you Auto ISO on and set so the highest ISO is a workable number. If you get acceptable shots at ISO3200 go for it. keep tabs on what your conditions are. Get used to controlling focus points etc on the go. after a while everything will just click and you wont even shoot in Shutter Priority any more... Well maybe some times lol [/QUOTE]

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