JR45 wrote:
D7200, Nikkor 200-500, hand held
The camera was set in manual for another shot when the buzzards caught my eye.
I quickly changed everything to auto and got this shot. It is uncropped, but I did
lighten it in PSE 15.
I know the framing sucks, I was in a hurry for the shot. My laser ranger says 61 yds. to the tree top.
When shooting wildlife you often have to switch settings if you use M mode and fixed ISO. Auto ISO pretty much solves that. I set the minimum f-stop (5.6) and a min shutter speed of 1/500.
I think your framing is fine. Just need to crop...with 4/3 aspect or portrait.
I also use single point focus and spot metering. With Nikons the spot metering follows the focus point.