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XH2S - BIF

Started 6 months ago | Photos thread
DocShaka
DocShaka Regular Member • Posts: 143
Re: XH2S - BIF
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Younes B wrote:

Do you realize you are trying birding with a standard 17-70 lens?

You need a longer reach lens, quite obviously, reaching at least 400mm.

With you wide lens, the camera can not realiably focus on what appears as a tiny element in the entire scene.

Come on!

Clearly a newby that's excited about a new hobby and experimenting with what they have and you're acting like they should buy 400mm lens before even thinking about pointing their camera at a bird and asking questions. Doesn't help anyone, especially someone who just joined the forum.

That aside. If your finding soft images try bumping up the shutter speed. I find it always has to be a bit higher than I would like. It's also all situational. Fast birds like king fishers will require 3200, 4000 or higher. Pelicans as low as 1000. If a bird is perched I'll shoot high and slow down as much as possible as I keep shooting to lower that iso as far as possible while keeping the bird sharp.  There are many techniques to read up on and what youre experiencing is indeed what makes BIF photography so difficult.

Doc

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