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<blockquote data-quote="dramtastic" data-source="post: 228190" data-attributes="member: 16805">Big improvement Mike. Very clean profile with the background blown out somewhat. You should be proud of that shot. I don't think you need to keep the shutter speed so slow though. Even though still shots of birds are a type of portrait, I almost never go below 1/250th as there are always subtle nervous movements with birds. In saying that, you did a great job keeping any blur so low at that speed.When you get the 70-300mm play around with the F stops as the sweet spot may be different on your D90 compared to your current lens. ISO 400 should be fine for still shots in reasonable light. It's only when you get into BIF that you may need to ramp it up to ISO 800. I think your D90 will handle ISO 800 no problem with the 70-300. For BIF don't even muck around with slow shutter speeds as it's not something you can just experiment with. That is to say, you can't just go I think I'll have a crack at 1/125th or 1/250th. Minimum is 1/1000th for a large cruising birds like pelicans or egrets. A small bird like the one in your latest shot, go to 1/4000th for BIF shots. I've read the specs on the D90 fastest shutter speed and it does go that high. Also set to maximum burst rate. D90 is 4.5 frames per second.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dramtastic, post: 228190, member: 16805"] Big improvement Mike. Very clean profile with the background blown out somewhat. You should be proud of that shot. I don't think you need to keep the shutter speed so slow though. Even though still shots of birds are a type of portrait, I almost never go below 1/250th as there are always subtle nervous movements with birds. In saying that, you did a great job keeping any blur so low at that speed. When you get the 70-300mm play around with the F stops as the sweet spot may be different on your D90 compared to your current lens. ISO 400 should be fine for still shots in reasonable light. It's only when you get into BIF that you may need to ramp it up to ISO 800. I think your D90 will handle ISO 800 no problem with the 70-300. For BIF don't even muck around with slow shutter speeds as it's not something you can just experiment with. That is to say, you can't just go I think I'll have a crack at 1/125th or 1/250th. Minimum is 1/1000th for a large cruising birds like pelicans or egrets. A small bird like the one in your latest shot, go to 1/4000th for BIF shots. I've read the specs on the D90 fastest shutter speed and it does go that high. Also set to maximum burst rate. D90 is 4.5 frames per second. [/QUOTE]

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