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<blockquote data-quote="Mike D90" data-source="post: 230843" data-attributes="member: 17556">Another beauty of a day with lots of good sunshine.&nbsp; However, I believe I did not do as well today as I did yesterday.I changed to Single Point AF and used AF-C continuous focus.&nbsp; That helped a lot.&nbsp; I set aperture priority at f/8 and f/11 on these shots with only one of my shots today at f/6.7. I tossed that one.I set ISO Auto at 200 and maximum ISO to 1600.&nbsp; That was a mistake.&nbsp; The grain ruined most of my photos.I&nbsp; also set ISO auto to keep shutter speed above 1/1250th second.&nbsp; So what happened?&nbsp; I improved depth of field and kept motion blur away. However, the high shutter speed and f/8 and above pushed ISO into the 1000's and higher on most shots.&nbsp; I tossed 90 percent of them again.&nbsp; The few I did get that were ok the ISO stayed within 800.If you ask why I set ISO to max of 1600 is because when I didn't it sometimes forced shutter speed below what I set as minimum. I saw shutter speeds as low as 1/750th and I had to set ISO higher.What buggers me most is that I was a lot closer to the birds today.&nbsp; Shoulda been better quality shots.Here are some of today's keepers.&nbsp; Still not happy at all.The Egret shots:[ATTACH=full]62439[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]62440[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]62441[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]62442[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mike D90, post: 230843, member: 17556"] Another beauty of a day with lots of good sunshine. However, I believe I did not do as well today as I did yesterday. I changed to Single Point AF and used AF-C continuous focus. That helped a lot. I set aperture priority at f/8 and f/11 on these shots with only one of my shots today at f/6.7. I tossed that one. I set ISO Auto at 200 and maximum ISO to 1600. That was a mistake. The grain ruined most of my photos. I also set ISO auto to keep shutter speed above 1/1250th second. So what happened? I improved depth of field and kept motion blur away. However, the high shutter speed and f/8 and above pushed ISO into the 1000's and higher on most shots. I tossed 90 percent of them again. The few I did get that were ok the ISO stayed within 800. If you ask why I set ISO to max of 1600 is because when I didn't it sometimes forced shutter speed below what I set as minimum. I saw shutter speeds as low as 1/750th and I had to set ISO higher. What buggers me most is that I was a lot closer to the birds today. Shoulda been better quality shots. Here are some of today's keepers. Still not happy at all. The Egret shots: [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]62439._xfImport[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]62440._xfImport[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]62441._xfImport[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]62442._xfImport[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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