Last week I was doing some things with my camera, while the kiddo was at daycare, tinkering with settings. I left it on the coffee table, enjoying the lack of need to be concerned about grabby hands. Went and picked up the kiddo and within five minutes of being home I heard a thud. Camera on the floor and a look of guilt. Thankfully my lens filter is all that took the hit, tested everything else out and thankfully everything else survived.
I have been wanting to get sharper pictures and grab better flight photos of birds or anything that flies and my camera wasn't just getting me what I wanted. So I did some settings, based on what I read here, and, I'm pretty happy with the outcome!
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Shorebirds like this Piping Plover make fantastic subjects to take test shots with. |
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An American Oystercatcher with a blue mussel. |
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Another excellent photo test subject, I'm excited that protruding beaks are in focus along with the rest of the bird.... and the bubbles. |
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Yummo!
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Settings work for little guys too. A house wren. |
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This house wren is screaming its song at one of the ex-WWII batteries. |
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Perfect little beach buddy, these piping plovers. |
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Dapper as heck, and always looking cool, are black-capped night herons. But They also have a dark side, they can gulp down prey as large as rats. So plovers, chicks, they all have to be on the lookout. |
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I am very happy with how this happened. TY AMOY. |
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Alright, time to test the in-flight shots.... and overall, yes. And an erratic, fast-flying, hunting common tern was the perfect test subject! |
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I watched a few common terns fly along the surf and grabbing mole crabs up and gulping them down on the wing. |
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I wish some of the nesting birds took the tern methodology. ATTACK EVERYTHING THAT COMES CLOSE TO YOUR EGGS AND BABIES. That's how they roll. |
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How does it work out with a bunch of American Oystercatchers being weird? I think it went well. I like the one on the background on the right. All like, "I don't know these fools." |
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Screaming and walking in unison. |
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Taking turns dipping and standing up straight, while screaming. All looks good. |
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Piping plovers just pretend to not know those guys. Caught this fella doing some self care, snoozing and preening. |
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This bird is one I always run into predictable at a specific stretch of beach. I always expect to see them, and almost always do! |
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I'd say that I'm pleased with these new settings. Looking forward to trying out with other subjects! |
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