Multiculturalism

Posted by Twelvebit (Victoria, United States) on 10 October 2007 in Animal & Insect.

This is from the first use of my cheapo Nikon 70-300 mm lens. I blew a lot of shots that morning because I left the camera in autofocus. The camera was mounted on a tripod and the bird feeder was a little off center, so that about half the time --triggering the shutter with the remote-- it focused on the fence in the background. I didn't realize this until I reviewed the photos later and found that every single good shot was out of focus. Of course, all of the not so good shots were crystal clear.

I learned some things from this experience. One of them is to switch the lens over to manual for shots like this, once I've set the proper focus. In fact, just general use of this camera has taught me that there are many occasions when the lens is best switched to manual.

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