{"id":4933,"date":"2012-03-30T06:09:18","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T12:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=4933"},"modified":"2012-03-30T06:27:47","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T12:27:47","slug":"shutter-speed-and-take-off-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/30\/shutter-speed-and-take-off-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"Shutter Speed and Take-off Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a single image today, to illustrate a lesson I’ve learned before but “relearned” yesterday.<\/p>\n

I shoot lots of birds at take-off, particularly raptors.\u00a0 For those larger subjects relatively slow shutter speeds will usually freeze the motion, even in the wings.\u00a0 Typically, 1\/1200 or 1\/1600 will do just that.<\/p>\n

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\"loggerhead-shrike-8060\"<\/a><\/p>\n

1\/3200, f\/5.6, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, cloned out an OOF sunflower stalk to the right of the bird\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

So yesterday after I’d taken a few perched shots of this shrike I set up for a take-off since it was facing to my right and I figured it would take off in that direction, giving me both good light and a take-off posture that would require relatively little depth of field so f\/5.6 would suffice.\u00a0 Then\u00a0I noticed that I had a shutter speed of 1\/3200 and I remember thinking that might be a little excessive and I should dial back to f\/ 6.1 for slightly\u00a0more DOF and less shutter speed.\u00a0 But I knew\u00a0that if I took a moment to\u00a0change my settings the bird would choose that instant to launch and I’d miss the shot.\u00a0 So I stuck with my settings.<\/p>\n

I’m glad I did.\u00a0 Wing motion in these little birds is incredibly fast!\u00a0 Here, even 1\/3200 didn’t completely freeze the wings.<\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong –\u00a0a little motion blur in wings of birds in flight isn’t an issue with me\u00a0and I’m perfectly happy with this image the way it is.\u00a0 But for my tastes\u00a0I’m glad there’s no more motion blur than there is.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Just a single image today, to illustrate a lesson I’ve learned before but “relearned” yesterday. I shoot lots of birds at take-off, particularly raptors.\u00a0 For those larger subjects relatively slow shutter speeds will usually freeze the motion, even in the wings.\u00a0 Typically, 1\/1200 or 1\/1600 will do just that.   1\/3200, f\/5.6, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, cloned out an OOF sunflower stalk to the right of the bird\u00a0 So yesterday after I’d taken a few perched shots of this shrike I set up for a take-off since it was facing to my right and I figured it would take off in that direction, giving me both good light and a take-off posture that would require relatively little depth of field so f\/5.6 would suffice.\u00a0 Then\u00a0I noticed that I had a shutter speed of 1\/3200 and I remember thinking that might be a little excessive and I should dial back to f\/ 6.1 for slightly\u00a0more DOF and less shutter speed.\u00a0 But I knew\u00a0that if I took a moment to\u00a0change my settings the bird would choose that instant to launch and I’d miss the shot.\u00a0 So I stuck with my settings. I’m glad I did.\u00a0 Wing motion in these little birds is incredibly fast!\u00a0 Here, even 1\/3200 didn’t completely freeze the wings. Don’t get me wrong –\u00a0a little motion blur in wings of birds in flight isn’t an issue with me\u00a0and I’m perfectly happy with this image the way it is.\u00a0 But for my tastes\u00a0I’m glad there’s no more motion blur than there is. Ron<\/p>\n

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