Markus
TPF Noob!
- Joined
- Jan 29, 2008
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- Location
- Cromwell, CT
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- www.mkv.smugmug.com
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Hi, yesterday I was driving in East Hartford. I saw an eagle sitting atop a 10 story building on the banks of the Ct. river. I quickly got out my camera and Nikor 70-300mm lens. I took 41 shots at various exposures and, not one good one! All were shot at 1/1000 shutter speed using spot metering and single area focus setting. Most were on manual at 1/1000 @ 5.6, some on P, A, and some on S. Even the shots where he was sitting on the building and I know the focus area was dead on him came out blurry. I also got a purple fringe on all of them. How in the world do the people in this forum get those beautiful, sharp, in flight shots that I see so often here. I was really disappointed, I thought I had some nice shots when I was taking them. All are un-processed straight out of the camera. Need some advice for next time. I think he lives in the area there so I will probably have another chance. I would like to get them sharp enough to crop just the bird and enlarge.
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