ja1111111
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while hanging out of an airplane provided by the argentine navy, this will be my twentieth year of leading a low level aerial survey of the endangered southern right whales that gather each year in waters off the coast of patagonia in argentina. for the past six years we have used a nikon d-70 digital camera and this season i anticipate switching up to a nikon d-90 with 70-200 lens. shooting in jpeg. raw format is hard due to high rate at which we shoot. in three hours, perhaps 2,000 shots.
i usually set the camera at shutter priority 1000th second. 400 iso. - 0.7exposure compensation.
reflection of the sun is an issue. often the shots are burnt out in highlighted areas. thus the -0.7 ev. problem is the extremes between the dark water and the sunlit backs of the whales especially the white callosities, which are like birth marks on the whale's backs. no two have the same pattern of callousites so getting the shot of the pattern is critical for the scientists to be able to identify individual whales.
i am looking for tips on how to setup camera for best shots
thanks
johnny
i usually set the camera at shutter priority 1000th second. 400 iso. - 0.7exposure compensation.
reflection of the sun is an issue. often the shots are burnt out in highlighted areas. thus the -0.7 ev. problem is the extremes between the dark water and the sunlit backs of the whales especially the white callosities, which are like birth marks on the whale's backs. no two have the same pattern of callousites so getting the shot of the pattern is critical for the scientists to be able to identify individual whales.
i am looking for tips on how to setup camera for best shots
thanks
johnny