Bird Watching: Daily Bird Pics - Vol. #409, 1 by linthicum

linthicum wrote:
duc, you inquired about my camera settings on my earlier photos in this thread. The settings varied somewhat. The one constant was the Aperture since I used aperture priority set at f/8. The ISO was set at 800. And, since I use my 500mm lens 95% of the time, it's on a tripod. That allows me get somewhat decent photos at even low shutter speeds. In these photos the lighting wasn't the best but not terrible. This is another of the Scarlet Tanager photos taken with the ones above. The shutter speed was actually 1/1000 using the setting I mentioned earlier. I also had the Exposure Compensation set at -1. When I have time, I will take photos of the same subject at different settings. I often preset my Manual setting so all I have to do is quickly switch from one to the other. Of course, not all subjects are accommodating.