OK! I didn't know about that relationship between purposefully underexposing and shutter speed. Though I suspected something like that, I had not watched to see if that would be true. Thank you!
Sheri, another thing you can do is underexpose a stop. That is because info in the shadows can be brought out in post processing. That can double your shutter speed.
Larry, rest assured, I was not worried about doing anything 'wrong', but was just hoping to eek out a little bit more shutter speed. I find this picture so close to 'ideal', but the bird a tad 'uncrisp'. I understand what you are saying...it is what I usually do. I had a monopod, and was bracing against a railing...which worked until my youngest started to climb it! Thank you for confirming I'm on the right track.
Dave, thank you for your comments. I don't think I realized that that rule of thumb was for a hand held camera...I'll have to review my notes again. A tripod may be the missing factor... Good idea about trying some flash shots at the stream without a subject. I have added flash, when taking some shots of the European Wall Lizard, a skittish subject, and amazingly enough they seem to tolerate the light.
Sheri, I like this shot. Very nicely composed. The one over focal length rule is talking about the slowest shutter speed to use when hand-holding the camera. No need to use it when you use a mono- or tripod. 95% of the time I shoot aperture priority because I like to control DOF and I use my mono-pod most of the time with my 600mm lens and use my tripod in low light situations. You should experiment with flash when there's nothing there that you want to scare away to see how flash affects the water. I've never used flash for skittish subjects.
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Thanks again Jocelyn!
Thank you Jocelyn!
Great photo..!
Nice shot!
Nice image..!
I like the perspective, quite a dramatic shot... nice work Yvan. Nice to see you uploading photos again.
OK! I didn't know about that relationship between purposefully underexposing and shutter speed. Though I suspected something like that, I had not watched to see if that would be true. Thank you!
Sheri, another thing you can do is underexpose a stop. That is because info in the shadows can be brought out in post processing. That can double your shutter speed.
Larry, rest assured, I was not worried about doing anything 'wrong', but was just hoping to eek out a little bit more shutter speed. I find this picture so close to 'ideal', but the bird a tad 'uncrisp'. I understand what you are saying...it is what I usually do. I had a monopod, and was bracing against a railing...which worked until my youngest started to climb it! Thank you for confirming I'm on the right track.
Dave, thank you for your comments. I don't think I realized that that rule of thumb was for a hand held camera...I'll have to review my notes again. A tripod may be the missing factor... Good idea about trying some flash shots at the stream without a subject. I have added flash, when taking some shots of the European Wall Lizard, a skittish subject, and amazingly enough they seem to tolerate the light.
Sheri, I like this shot. Very nicely composed. The one over focal length rule is talking about the slowest shutter speed to use when hand-holding the camera. No need to use it when you use a mono- or tripod. 95% of the time I shoot aperture priority because I like to control DOF and I use my mono-pod most of the time with my 600mm lens and use my tripod in low light situations. You should experiment with flash when there's nothing there that you want to scare away to see how flash affects the water. I've never used flash for skittish subjects.