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<blockquote data-quote="wev" data-source="post: 753845" data-attributes="member: 16783">Thank you for the kind praise. I use pretty much the same setup for everything. Manual, auto iso to 3200, AF-C, 25 point, spot metering. I always shoot at f9 and no slower than 1/200, kicking it up as need be, but trying to stay below 1600 iso. I almost always shoot from a tripod, as I have a wonky right hand that tires very fast. I am too lazy to shoot RAW or do much more than crop and fiddle shadows a bit in post. What success I have is more to do with patience and observation than camera work. I am a very sedate birder and tend to go to the same places over and over again. Birds, especially hummers, establish favorite spots depending on the season and time of day. I pay very close attention to these habits over repeated visits. If I see a hummer repeatedly go to a certain twig, I just find a good vantage point, adjust my settings, and wait, pretending to be a bush. Doesn't always work, but most times they'll just ignore you after a while if you don't go dancing around. The downside, of course, is my pictures tend to be highly repetitive. I do get lucky on occasion and am in the right place at the right time for something unusual. I also take a boatload of picture, but keep maybe 10% on a good day.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wev, post: 753845, member: 16783"] Thank you for the kind praise. I use pretty much the same setup for everything. Manual, auto iso to 3200, AF-C, 25 point, spot metering. I always shoot at f9 and no slower than 1/200, kicking it up as need be, but trying to stay below 1600 iso. I almost always shoot from a tripod, as I have a wonky right hand that tires very fast. I am too lazy to shoot RAW or do much more than crop and fiddle shadows a bit in post. What success I have is more to do with patience and observation than camera work. I am a very sedate birder and tend to go to the same places over and over again. Birds, especially hummers, establish favorite spots depending on the season and time of day. I pay very close attention to these habits over repeated visits. If I see a hummer repeatedly go to a certain twig, I just find a good vantage point, adjust my settings, and wait, pretending to be a bush. Doesn't always work, but most times they'll just ignore you after a while if you don't go dancing around. The downside, of course, is my pictures tend to be highly repetitive. I do get lucky on occasion and am in the right place at the right time for something unusual. I also take a boatload of picture, but keep maybe 10% on a good day. [/QUOTE]

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