Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
General Photography
Wild Life
Mike D90's "Birds in Flight" Learning Thread
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="dramtastic" data-source="post: 230494" data-attributes="member: 16805"><p>Hi Mike,</p><p>I'm not sure what connection your making between stopping down to F8 and grainy photo's. Stopping down, to a point, will only increase sharpness. Maybe I've read your post incorrectly. Shutter speed is absolutely crucial. You might fluke a few large birds shooting at under 1/800th but your keeper rate will be lower for sure. I can shoot pretty sharp stills hand held at 1/4000th if it is a tiny bird. Why, because the little buggers have constant nervous movements. Also if they decide to take off I'm in with a chance of taking a BIF shot. For any BIF shot I never go under 1/1000th and that's for larger, slower birds like Ibis/Egrets/Pelicans. </p><p>That's all camera stuff, technique is very important and that's practice and more practice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dramtastic, post: 230494, member: 16805"] Hi Mike, I'm not sure what connection your making between stopping down to F8 and grainy photo's. Stopping down, to a point, will only increase sharpness. Maybe I've read your post incorrectly. Shutter speed is absolutely crucial. You might fluke a few large birds shooting at under 1/800th but your keeper rate will be lower for sure. I can shoot pretty sharp stills hand held at 1/4000th if it is a tiny bird. Why, because the little buggers have constant nervous movements. Also if they decide to take off I'm in with a chance of taking a BIF shot. For any BIF shot I never go under 1/1000th and that's for larger, slower birds like Ibis/Egrets/Pelicans. That's all camera stuff, technique is very important and that's practice and more practice. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
General Photography
Wild Life
Mike D90's "Birds in Flight" Learning Thread
Top