paulus 26 Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 after the failure of the skylark shot yesterday i thought i would pop out this afternoon and get some practice, i seem to be able to get large objects like the dogs ok but not smaller distance ones look? any advice ladies and gents. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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tegater 789 Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Paulus, the problem is often one of two things. A fast enough shutter speed and /or the cameras auto focus not working quick enough. One thing you could try is manually set the shutter speed to as high as the light will let it go, and increasing the iso may help. This of course may make the picks a little grainy. Looking at them again some other parts of the photo seem OK and its the moving birds which alone seem to be more out of focus, which could just mean too slow a shutter speed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted March 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Paulus, the problem is often one of two things. A fast enough shutter speed and /or the cameras auto focus not working quick enough. One thing you could try is manually set the shutter speed to as high as the light will let it go, and increasing the iso may help. This of course may make the picks a little grainy. Looking at them again some other parts of the photo seem OK and its the moving birds which alone seem to be more out of focus, which could just mean too slow a shutter speed. im going to have to learn how to get of the auto settings then :laugh: i was reading the manual written in zulu last night but apparently you can combine auto focus and manual togeather and adjust the settings i.e shutter spead in the auto settings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yn Manninagh 45 Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 What make of camera are you using? Another thing to think about is how many Autofocus points you have the camera set to use. If you are using all the Auto focus points, they will they will look for probably the largest subject in the scene and track that rather than the wee birdie. Try setting the camera to one single point in the centre, it takes a bit of getting used to, and you'll miss a few to start with. But you will soon get you're eye in, and get on target. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted March 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 What make of camera are you using? Another thing to think about is how many Autofocus points you have the camera set to use. If you are using all the Auto focus points, they will they will look for probably the largest subject in the scene and track that rather than the wee birdie. Try setting the camera to one single point in the centre, it takes a bit of getting used to, and you'll miss a few to start with. But you will soon get you're eye in, and get on target. im using an olympus e450 with a 70 - 300 telephoto lense. i think you may be onto something mate i will have to consult the oracle late cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted March 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 well read the manual, i am now confused that much my head hurts stuff it manual away beer time 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coyotehunter 689 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 I'm sorry I only know canon systems , but it seems to me that you've got it on manual focus and not auto, unless your AF isnt working, the only other thing that could be the problem that's already been mentioned is your on auto focus points, manually set it to the centre point. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RossM 8,149 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 As much as I would love to, I have no idea what your talking about, shutter speeds? iso's? I can only dream...... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 As much as I would love to, I have no idea what your talking about, shutter speeds? iso's? I can only dream...... and you think i have Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RossM 8,149 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 As much as I would love to, I have no idea what your talking about, shutter speeds? iso's? I can only dream...... and you think i have Mate see your bird shots??.......... I would have sky! Just sky! And the dogs running??........ Grass and a back leg if I'm lucky!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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