When we went on our field trip to Skagit, we went to capture photos of different types of birds because the region is known for a multitude of different bird species. My shutter speed to capture photos of most of these animals was set high on 1/600-800. The reason it is set this way is because most of the birds were either in the sky or water and the sun was setting, so the light was making it so that my shutter speed had to be higher. I set my settings on day time and changed them to cloud time when the sun was almost set, because the lighting change affected the amount of light going through the shutter. My aperture was set at the lowest at f4.0 because it allowed me to catch the best shots with the least blur in movement. I also set my ISO to auto so my photos were not grainy. I did see a plethora of birds, but they were hard to capture, mainly because my zoom lens could not reach the distance of the birds to capture the best detail of them. I would have to be able to get about 6-10 feet away to capture the birds at their best detail. As we left, I captured a few shots of a bald eagle which landed about 20-25 feet away and it was too small to submit, although it was a really cool experience to have the bird fly right in front of us and land in the fields. I also saw a few hawks. The first photo captures one in a tree with other birds in the backdrop. We also saw swans, ducks, geese, and many more birds that I had not seen before in those species. Overall, we had a fun driving experience and capturing shots of these birds in their natural environment.
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