action shots advice

[paulus 26]

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!!

if only you could see how many i delete to end up with a couple of average pictures

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[Millet 4,497]

One of the main thing's i have found with motion shot's is you need good light..the sun shining help's a lot and follow what you are taking picture's of like you would with a scatter gun..

[paulus 26]

One of the main thing's i have found with motion shot's is you need good light..the sun shining help's a lot and follow what you are taking picture's of like you would with a scatter gun..

have you seen my shooting im as blind as a bat,

[Millet 4,497]

ahh Well that's you fooked.. ..i think you best take up knitting or stamp collecting as a new hobby..

[paulus 26]

ahh Well that's you fooked.. ..i think you best take up knitting or stamp collecting as a new hobby..

fook that i like adrenalin sports like photography and fishing

[just jack 998]

you will grow into it Paul

[paulus 26]

you will grow into it Paul

as me old mother use to say

[just jack 998]

you will grow into it Paul

as me old mother use to say

[Millet 4,497]

let's hope you live till 204 Paulus..if you are going to grow into photography..

[paulus 26]

let's hope you live till 204 Paulus..if you are going to grow into photography..

not far to go then

[Romany 1,065]

As its already been said, light is really important, not just for action shots, but for any photography..I look for 1000`s + for BIF unless Im looking for a bit blurr on the wings etc..to get this speed sometimes have to shoot wide open at f4, and if the weather is crap, sometimes having to knock the ISO up to 1600+ which a lot of cameras do not produce acceptible images at..if I cant get these speeds, hey ho, still take the shot, you can only work with what youve got. I was shooting short eared owls yeaterday and the light was hitty missy, some flying shots were as low as 125`s others 1000`s when the sun came out

Tips

Shutter speed try and get it up as high as you can

Light, the small the f number the more light it will let in, so, on dull days set f4, on bright sunny days you maybe able to lift this up to f8 and still get the speed you need.

ISO, sunny days set 100-200, dull days 400-800 depending on your camera. Raising the iso will raise your shutter speed, but too much will see your images getting darker so loosing detail.

90% of the time I shoot in apature priority, that will be an "A" setting on your camera, you might have it set on "P" at the minute, get off that setting if your shooting wildlife this setting is not for you. In A setting, set the camera at f4 and the camera will set the speed for you..

Who said photography was going to be easy..

[paulus 26]

As its already been said, light is really important, not just for action shots, but for any photography..I look for 1000`s + for BIF unless Im looking for a bit blurr on the wings etc..to get this speed sometimes have to shoot wide open at f4, and if the weather is crap, sometimes having to knock the ISO up to 1600+ which a lot of cameras do not produce acceptible images at..if I cant get these speeds, hey ho, still take the shot, you can only work with what youve got. I was shooting short eared owls yeaterday and the light was hitty missy, some flying shots were as low as 125`s others 1000`s when the sun came out

Tips

Shutter speed try and get it up as high as you can

Light, the small the f number the more light it will let in, so, on dull days set f4, on bright sunny days you maybe able to lift this up to f8 and still get the speed you need.

ISO, sunny days set 100-200, dull days 400-800 depending on your camera. Raising the iso will raise your shutter speed, but too much will see your images getting darker so loosing detail.

90% of the time I shoot in apature priority, that will be an "A" setting on your camera, you might have it set on "P" at the minute, get off that setting if your shooting wildlife this setting is not for you. In A setting, set the camera at f4 and the camera will set the speed for you..

Who said photography was going to be easy..

found the A setting i can manually adjust the shutter speed so if this weather breaks i will give it a try

[Romany 1,065]

Let the camera choose the speed, this will give you optimal exposure, adjust your iso, the camera will then recaluclate and give you optimal exposure, at this point in time the camera knows a bit more about photography than you..

 

Action; one of my most difficult action shots of birds, as these Norther gannets hit the water at speeds of 60-90 miles per hour, not the best weather on the day, but by bumping up the iso, I got the speed I needed to get a decent shot, a point of interest, notice a gannet dosnt have nostrils in the beak like other birds, as hitting the water with such force would ram water up the nostril..

Edited March 4, 2012 by Romany

[paulus 26]

Let the camera choose the speed, this will give you optimal exposure, adjust your iso, the camera will then recaluclate and give you optimal exposure, at this point in time the camera knows a bit more about photography than you..

 

Action; these Norther gannets hit the water at speeds of 60-90 miles per hour, not the best weather on the day, but by bumping up the iso, I got the speed I needed to get a decent shot, a point of interest, notice a gannet dosnt have nostrils in the beak like other birds, as hitting the water with such force would ram water up the nostril..

the iso goes up to 1600 on my camera what setting do you think?