Animals - Jun

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I'm not sure if my photos are coming out blurry because of my lenses having fuzz inside them, my manual capture settings, the camera's resolution settings, if the bluetooth transfer to iPhone cuts the image quality, or what. Perhaps it is a compounding situation, but they all look so clear on the camera's LCD! 

I like the composition of each of these, though I think the lighting could be brighter in the corvid and water shots. I haven't messed with ISO manually for any of my shots, nor have I used any of the recommended settings from the book for aperture priority (though I think that was specific to landscape photos). Another thing I could try would be burst shots. I haven't done that for any amount of time on purpose yet. 

I love that you can see a slight reflection of the blue sky in the shot of the heron, as well as 3-4 different species of birds all in the same shot.

I also really loved that Yoshi came and looked at me when I was taking the photo of the sun shining through the table and chair legs. I don't care that he's not in focus here - it was a cute moment with my sweet old man, who seems to be getting more fragile by the day, nowadays. 

Lastly, I love when I can get all four of the boys in one shot. Usually, that means there's food involved, and that day was no exception. They always have to see if dad will throw them each a bite. I messed around with the color settings on that one in the mac photo app, though I don't think it was super necessary. Their black fur is hard to capture!

 

Whatcha thinkin' about, red-winged blackbird?

1/1000s  //  f6.3  //  ISO18000  //  450mm

 

As the Corvid Flies
 
1/1000s  //  f6.3  //  ISO400  //  240mm
 

 
Avian Earthlings
 
1/500s  //  f6  //  ISO500  //  360mm
 
 

 
Always in the Foreground of my Mind
 
1/250s  //  f5.6  //  ISO7200  //  36mm
 
     

 

The Insatiable Hunger

1/125s  //  f5.6  //  ISO12800  //  42mm





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