Contrary to my previous posts on high ISOs to get my shutter speed up, for the effect I wanted on this image - I wanted the shutter speed to be pretty slow. In this case, about 1/3 of a second. To get the shutter speed slower, I went to ISO 160, and cranked the...
Notes from the Woods
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Grizzly bear spring cub
Another high ISO image here, ISO 2500, not necessarily used for a high action moment, but simply because of fairly low light. Shot at 400mm at f4, even at ISO 2500 my shutter speed was only 1/200 sec. This cute little guy was also scratching quite a bit. At...
Grizzly Bear catching salmon
Here's an action shot that I liked from Katmai, photographed at Geographic Harbor. The importance of high shutter speeds really hit home on this trip, and the benefits of high ISO capabilities in cameras. This one is ISO 1250 on my D700, which yielded a 1/1250 sec...
Submerged Grizzly bear
Before my trip to Alaska, I made a post about some photos I had hoped to obtain. They weren't really based upon anything other than my imagination running wild. I had never been there before, so they weren't based on much education about the place either, what...
Return from Alaska
Hey folks. Back home now after a couple of days of recouping from a bad cold I caught while on the boat in Katmai. Future posts will elaborate more on the trip that was basically broken down into three segments - Denali, Kodiak/Katmai, and a short day...
