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Hey friends. I’ve been shooting wildlife for around six months and have been learning a lot, however I still consider myself a beginner. So I welcome any feedback of while exploring this.
I feel the images below are pretty soft. Some are at distance / in sub-optimal lighting, but I still wonder if they should be better. Knowing this will help align my expectations.
They're shot RAW and exported from Lightroom using 2048px without crop/edits. In addition, here’s a Flickr album with additional examples. They’re screenshots of NX Studio showing the focus points (one at 100% zoom, one at no zoom).
Details:
I spend quite a lot of time looking at other people’s images, and I note the body/lens when a photo catches my eye. Most tend to be from full-frame mirrorless, but more often than not it's from a similar setup, and with much sharper IQ.
Thanks for any guidance.
I feel the images below are pretty soft. Some are at distance / in sub-optimal lighting, but I still wonder if they should be better. Knowing this will help align my expectations.
They're shot RAW and exported from Lightroom using 2048px without crop/edits. In addition, here’s a Flickr album with additional examples. They’re screenshots of NX Studio showing the focus points (one at 100% zoom, one at no zoom).
Details:
- AF Mode: AF-C
- Stationary: single-point AF
- BIF: sometimes Dynamic AF (72pt?), sometimes Group AF. NX Studio seems to make it look like single-point (one square), but it’s assumed to be Dynamic or Group when BIF
- VR: Sport (I tend to leave this on. Yet to try turning it off for 1000+ shutter speed)
- Posture: Handheld. Generally try use 560+ shutter speed for stationary targets, 1000+ for mobile targets, 2000+ for BIF. Mindful movement / tracking / breath control. Not bumping the manual focus ring
- Time: typically sunset. Sometimes high-noon because #life
- AFFT: -4 (a recent change)
- Other: lens hood w/ neoprene wrap
I spend quite a lot of time looking at other people’s images, and I note the body/lens when a photo catches my eye. Most tend to be from full-frame mirrorless, but more often than not it's from a similar setup, and with much sharper IQ.
Thanks for any guidance.
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