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Thanks! Trying the back focus button. Do you use it? I think I may like it. Took a shot of a blue heron in fly by mode today. I was shooting into the light and a white sky. The pic isn't worthy of sharing, but I can see some definition of feathers, eye almost in focus, so there is some hope that the back focus button may work for me with some practice. I had the camera set on auto ISO and that didn't work out well. Too damn many settings to choose from.
I don't have that customized on my camera. I use the shutter release as my focus.
I'm not sure auto-ISO is ever worth it unless you're shooting complete manual Shutter/Aperture and that's your fallback to get the right exposure.
Outside, Set it at 200 or 400. Cloudy, maybe 800 and then use Aperture or Shutter priority pending what effect you want. Let the camera pick the other 1.
If you control all the settings, you control the photo. If you control 2, you know what the camera will adjust. If you control 1 or 0, you don't know what the camera is going to do to determine the shot. Sometimes, its great, other times, its not.
Outside, towards the light, bright sky, super difficult to shoot.
Does your camera have an AF-C (continuous)? That should let you focus on a moving target and pan with it to remain in focus vs. trying to focus when hitting the shutter release.
Lots of bird activity. I've seen some cardinal babies, some tiny chickadees and others two/three at a time which is unusual. Got a nice cardinal pic today. Some hummingbird photos too. Still working on improving on those. Click for better pic!
^Awesome, Lainey!
Spring and until three days ago, I had Brewer's blackbirds take over my house. There were so many of them the finches and other song birds were rarely around. I'd go outside and they'd be all over and going up to my roof with my cats sitting in the window watching them. Last Tuesday, there were two babies of theirs laying in my driveway. One was already dead and the other died after I moved them both off of the driveway. The black birds were swooping down to me and making their plain squawks. The next day, all the black birds left. I'm so glad.
^7-6-2021, this one was alive when I moved it on a paper plate at 7:36 PM. I figured I shouldn't touch it.
I looked up black birds to figure out it was Brewer's blackbirds at my house. I also learned that it's common for the fledglings to be on the ground before they learn to fly. Maybe they hopped over to the asphalt driveway and the heat got to them.
What do you do with a fledgling Blackbird?
Fledglings have all or most of their feathers and leave the nest just before they can fly, so it's normal to see them on the ground. Keep pets away, leave the fledgling alone and monitor, as the parents are usually nearby and feeding the bird.
Thanks, Dave.
We've seen a group of three cardinals at once. Not sure if they were juveniles as the color was spotty. Maybe a male that was still not mature as far as feathers? Maybe female? I'm really not sure if the one in my pic is young male or female. It seemed to have a bit too much red for a female?
07-11-2021, 07:28 AM
