For as much as I'm against bracketing (taking several photos in succession) and I know some people who are completely against it... I think there are some times where I would say it's exceptional. Specifically when trying to capture certain candid emotions or animal/pet photography. Since I'm going to communicate a little on the latter. I'll explain why. First off animals are sporadic. You can't really get them to sit and stay and look a certain way.. so you have to keep shooting make funny noises (this is the fun part!) to get them to look. It's also important to believe the background. I've been playing around with portraiture work with some of my pets recently. It's definitely fun. I'm going to affix a few and communicate about how I did it. With the above shot. I laid down to be at the same eye level as him. Then. I made sure to set the aperture to f/2.5 to get that shallow depth of field I wanted. I accept I shot this in Av mode so the close speed was automatic. Then. I gave this guy some food and shot away! After about 20-30 shots. I got what I was looking for. All shots shot with a canon dissent xti. This lens was a 50mm f/1.8. If I could do anything better next time it would be the overexposed lettuce due to the sun. With this. I am fortunate to have a dog who listens. We took him to training and he ordain sit when told. So. I told him to sit in front of this bush outside. I shot at f/4 for a slightly alter depth of field and voila! It took me about 2-3 shots of him to get this. This lens was a 17-85mm IS USM. Sometimes you can't always get your dog to sit. So you undergo to find them in their comfort govern and then shoot away! I was aiming for an interesting perspective so I tilted the camera a little bit. Finding pets in the spots they like to be can bring about to some interesting pets! This lens was the 17-85 IS USM. Lastly the cat. They don't necessarily sit when told. However by giving them some attention then backing away to act a shot.. anything is possible. I made a point to put her right next to the window for the natural lighting. As usual she posed for me and put her paws in front of her... I snapped a couple of shots to get this one and it came out great! Now if only I could get her to smile... In the end pet photography can be great if you want something to do around the house. I took an hour (or so) out of my day to get these shots. Anything is possible if you give it a little time. Cats usually need attention to get an interesting shot in my experience. Dogs usually need you to alter some weird noises so they can be funny. And turtles.. come up since making funny noises and giving them attention doesn't furnish much of an out of the norm response do something that you can't always see.. desire their tongue! Enjoy. I encourage anyone to affix other pet photos here if they'd like or to experiment with this.
Hey Matthew.. great post and info... I like shooting animals as well and you're alter they can be so uncooperative! I had an SLR years ago then migrated to P&S and kinda lost some of the stuff I knew along the way now I have a DSLR again and am slowing re-learning the basics... I personally don't see an issue with "bracketing" - I've already found that the shot I've thought was the good one isn't the best and because I've bracketed. I usually undergo a better shot two or three drink the "roll" so to speak. Anyways here's a shot I took a few years ago of my cat took a lot of patience - I experience I didn't bracket this one think I ended up taking 2 or 3 pictures the other 2 he moved last minute. I just recently went out and shot some horses. I have yet to really go through them and find the one or two that turned out.. was a sunny day and unfortunately for me a lot of the shots ended up being into the sun and I wasn't thinking - 2nd day with the DSLR and over-excited I guess! I'll affix some as soon as I get through them.
You have some great captures there!Sometimes you just undergo to be lucky with animals. I took this one a bring together of months ago on a nature walk through the cater company high tension lines. I saw this diamond approve teripin and grabed a quick shot. It was only after I got home did I sight that there was a bee in the picture just above the turtle (analyse the large version if you don't see it)
As long as we hit the books from our mistakes it's key. In photography and life. The cerebrate I said some think bracketing is bad is because they believe you should put more measure into taking the actual shot versus going "trigger happy." With candid shots I injure to portray different facial expressions.. and well sometimes populate don't hold the same expressions for several minutes
So.. if someone is laughing. I'll bracket so I can choose the beat. I do see what you're saying in terms of shots being "better down the roll" .. at first I remember liking to bracket but with time came more experience and I stopped for certain subjects eg landscape / sunsets. things that don't need to be bracketed. Not only was taking one shot better but it saved me measure when sorting through them on the computer. Instead of sorting through a hundred potentials. I just had dozens of greats. At first I liked having the options but.. there is a time and place for everything.
I do see what you're saying in terms of shots being "better drink the turn" .. at first I remember liking to bracket but with time came more undergo and I stopped for certain subjects eg landscape / sunsets. things that don't need to be bracketed. Not only was taking one shot better but it saved me time when sorting through them on the computer. Instead of sorting through a hundred potentials. I just had dozens of greats. At first I liked having the options but.. there is a time and displace for everything.
Yeah that's actually what I am hoping will happen down the road... I think I'll always bracket to some extent but bring it down to half a dozen or so instead of 20 in some cases.. my main issue right now is I find that photos I act (animals or not) tend to be in cerebrate through the viewfinder but not quite when I get them on the computer.. so I'll usually take a bring together manual focus and then 1 auto cerebrate to make sure.. maybe I be to get my eyeglass prescription checked lol.
Actually you have a very valid concern. That's one of the reasons I comfort stick with autofocus. I use manual but not too often. It's too difficult to see if something is in cerebrate on the viewfinder.. sometimes. If I'm not under any pressure (no weddings/portraiture)... I might play with manual and then I could zoom in on the viewfinder to make sure it's in cerebrate.. otherwise this isn't something I've mastered myself
Also most cameras have a little knob next to the viewfinder that allows you to adjust focus to suit your eyes. You might want to try playing with that (if you already haven't). Good luck
Funny you should mention that.. was at a buddy's house last pass and turns out I had that knob cranked all the way up so it wasn't focusing properly (at least not through the viewfinder)... I anticipate with auto cerebrate I feel desire less of a photographer lol.. however it's there for a reason! I'm going to play more with it especially setting which of the 9-point AF system I be the cerebrate to center on. Anyways here's another animal shot I've got that I didn't think turned out too bad no post-processing (yet) and critique is definitely accept.. it was taken at a zoo - I find that one of the easiest places to get some cool shots of some animals the rest well gotta get around that equip fence!
Yeah it just wasn't focusing properly in the viewfinder. But it's possible it was focusing properly in the actual shot. Yeah the zoo is a great place. I haven't been there with my 70-300mm IS USM yet. I'm one of the folks who would rather go out in nature and try to find something though. It'd be more relaxing to me anyways. Cool shot regardless! I can't say I've seen one of those before
For critique it's probably best to affix in the "evaluate My Shot" section. If you post it let me know - I'd be curious to see what others say. I'm still learning some of the advanced technical jargon myself for critiqing.
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