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ericj

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This past weekend I was very fortunate to locate and photograph a number of Bighorn sheep, mostly ewes, lambs, and a couple of younger rams. This capture was one that I waited for, as these two settled into position to chew their cud. I feel even more fortunate that I was able to get this Picasso-esque image of their two faces becoming one. HOWEVER, had I been paying attention to things like f-stop, and shutter speed, and ISO, this could have been an amazing capture. As shot, it was f/22, ss 1/1600, ISO 4000 - a head-slap moment for sure when I pulled this (and many others) into LR for post-processing. There was enough ambient light that I could have dropped the ss down to something below 1/1000 or lower to possibly get my aperture into 5.6 or 6 and an ISO much closer to what, maybe 1000 or less? I know there are folks here who can extrapolate the exposure equivalents in their head, but I'm not one of them...yet. Anyway, I feel extremely fortunate to have captured these guys and look forward to improving my on-site exposure evaluations in the future. Oh, I was shooting a D7500 w/ Nikkor 200-500 zoom off of a monopod w/ a Wimberly QR tripod head. Apologies for the double post.

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Congrats on the find and the cool experience. You might want to try shooting in manual mode with auto ISO turned on. That way you can control your ss and f-stop but still have auto exposure by letting ISO float in auto.
 
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Um...yeah, Dan. I'm somewhat chagrined to report that was shot in manual w/ auto ISO. Guess I got too excited for the moment to actually remember, oh yeah, I'm a photographer here, not a tourist. o_O Thanks, just the same, tho!
 
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ericj said:
Um...yeah, Dan. I'm somewhat chagrined to report that was shot in manual w/ auto ISO. Guess I got too excited for the moment to actually remember, oh yeah, I'm a photographer here, not a tourist. o_O Thanks, just the same, tho!
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I can't count the number of high ISO shots I've got because I'm set up for BIF shooting and some critter steps out of the woods. It happens :confused:
 
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NorthernFocus said:
I can't count the number of high ISO shots I've got because I'm set up for BIF shooting and some critter steps out of the woods. It happens :confused:
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You got that right! I'm thinking about taking a piece of masking/gaffers tape, putting it on top of the pop-up flash housing and writing on it, "Check SETTINGS!!" Maybe the visual reminder will help. BTW...I'll be headed Anchorage-way this September for a vacation with the Mrs. We both love AK!
 
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