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Collection: Landscapes
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 II
Location: Marion, Utah
Date: Aug 14, 2007
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/2
Galleries: Landscape, Rural
Date Uploaded: Aug 16, 2007

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 We stopped to photograph these cows, they were much more interested in eating than holding still for me. But I like it any way, and the rainbow is nice. When we stopped to take this photo is was raining pretty hard, so I took it from inside the car, and it was running.

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 08/21/2007 03:26:00 PM
Originally posted by Citadel:
I'd have to agree with Slaakso. 1/2 second hand holding is pretty much impossible with that lens. I would have increased the ISO until you were able to shoot at around 1/300th of a second. Remember you can hand hold if your shutter speed if it is faster than the inverse of your focal length, in this case 300mm so 1/300th of a second. Of course if you were on the shorter end of that (75mm) you could use a shutter speed of about 1/80th of a second or so.

You could also have simply used a tripod but it sounds like this was a "found shot" so you may not have had your tripod handy.


Thank you for your comments. I am learning a lot here at DPC and appreciate all the comments I can get. This particular photo was taken from inside the car, and it was running. It was raining pretty good and I didn't want to get my camera wet. I should have changed my settings. Thank you again! Jerry

Message edited by author 2007-08-21 15:28:31.
 08/21/2007 02:29:10 PM
I'd have to agree with Slaakso. 1/2 second hand holding is pretty much impossible with that lens. I would have increased the ISO until you were able to shoot at around 1/300th of a second. Remember you can hand hold if your shutter speed if it is faster than the inverse of your focal length, in this case 300mm so 1/300th of a second. Of course if you were on the shorter end of that (75mm) you could use a shutter speed of about 1/80th of a second or so.

You could also have simply used a tripod but it sounds like this was a "found shot" so you may not have had your tripod handy.

Message edited by author 2007-08-21 14:29:46.
 08/17/2007 02:03:27 PM
I like the shot too. Those darn cows, how can they even think of eating during a photo shoot? :0

Looks like you might have been trying to handhold the camera and at 1/2 a second, it is not possible. I tend to like movement in a shot as long as some part of the photo is in clear focus.


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