Fast and figety subjects. Good pictures. I am drawn to these tiny birds myself and shoot off of a tripod with a corded remote. The lense is no more than two feet from our feeder. Believe it or not, the birds get used to the gear although the shutter noise from my Nikon scares the faint of heart.
Last trip there was in the first part of July. We too headed up to Yellowstone for a week stay. At that time of year, the backside of the Tetons was in full bloom. Color everywhere. Truly magnificent.
Beautiful. Jackson Lake is just up the road. There are so many, too many to count, photos to be had of the Tetons. A magnificent range on both front and backsides. That country is loaded with beauty.
I like that. Always quality over quantity. I do all my editing. So, this process being time consuming, behooves me to take less great shots than more inferior throw away’s.
drkird, I have a great friend who lives in Utah who tells me that I carry way too much gear with me to my photo shoots. It seems that we are of the same mindset. Try to be prepared for whatever nature may throw at you. I even keep zip lock baggies handy for batteries, lenses, cameras, etc... One can never tell.
chfrus, I too have jobs that require the one shot and there usually are no seconds. You get it or you missed it. I am sure that we would all agree that knowing ones equipment thoroughly speeds up the process of yielding great pictures and cuts down on the throw aways. Again, P (depending on the parameters one sets) works pretty well most of the time. I can not use the programmed or auto programs exclusively, for the information they transmit to the shot sometimes is not at all what I want. I will say that the deciphering abilities of the now digital world have stepped up through the years and give the SLR's more flexibility on the auto modes. But............sometimes they read the conditions differently than again, what I want to see in the composition.
Hello, I really enjoy the P setting on my Nikon. As all programmed settings, I have found that they will all fail at times according to the conditions shot in. But, for the most part with plenty of natural light, the P setting is great. I also use all of the other offerings again depending upon the conditions; light, partial background light, clouds, darkness with no light, etc...... I use the manual mode when I know none of the other auto or programmable modes can attack the present conditions. The manual modes are the ticket when I know the other programs will certainly not do the composition justice and come second nature, for I shot 35MM for many years, all manual.