Re: Pronghorn Antelope
[Re: James Morrissey]
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11/24/06 10:20 PM
11/24/06 10:20 PM
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Mississippi
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Wanderer
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Mississippi
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Hi guys I am looking around for some suggestions!!!!I use a cannon 30d with a 100-400 for pics of deer in Mississippi. MOst of it is under low light conditions!!! very hard for me--since I am a novice--I did get some great pics of some pelicans in flights only with the help of "Jo" in the UK that really set me straight, but these deer that I am trying to get are comming out right at sun up and sundown. All of the auto settings just will not get enough light to frweeze the subject, either the aperture(5.7) is too small and I can't get anything or the exposure is so long that the subject is blurred--There just has to be a way to get better at this-----frustrated Tip sullivan--tsdefeet@msfootcenter.net
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Re: Pronghorn Antelope
[Re: mmoor]
#5721
11/29/06 01:32 AM
11/29/06 01:32 AM
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Manhattan, New York, New York
James Morrissey
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Manhattan, New York, New York
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Hey Guys,
I am shooting with a 70-200 F2.8 with a 2x converter. This gives me the equivalent of a 400mm F5.6 lens - not the fastest animal in the barn. Until this year, I had not been pleased with a lot of my shots - even when I was shooting with very fast shutter speeds. This year, more than any other, I have learned to depend on a solid tripod. The tripod, of course, does not help you in situations where the critters are fast moving and you are in low light - but they do help prevent most problems with hand shake. I know that a lot of folks complain about noise, but I have decided that a slightly higher noise photograph is better than a poorly focused one - so I have been doing a lot of ISO 800 and 1600 shots as well.
I have avoided getting one of the larger, faster lenses for the very reason of cost as well. While I definitely want to move to a larger, faster lens, I am doing it slowly.
It might be helpful to see some examples of shots that did not work out the way that you expected them to.
James
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