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Well due to ill health and ill finances we cancelled our day trip to New York... definitely disappointing but for the cost you want to be fit and able to enjoy the trip up there..
So instead I got up at 5:30am (your early birds should be proud)  And spent the morning before work freezing my butt off (literally it's got frost bite) taking some photos..
Anyways I feel I have finally started to capture a few good shots but I'd like more time to sort through them... I did however get a little disappointed with my animal photos.. I don't usually shoot animals but I've obviously doing something wrong.. here are my *best* shots from this morning. 
On a different PC (still at work... trying to get away), will come back and post the EXIF data... and no, I certainly wasn't going for blurry photos.. but I definetly suceeded in that... next time I've got the laptop on the network I'll post the EXIF data...
Wendell here is the EXIF data..... I think looking at this the most obvious thing is that I'm shooting in landscape mode.. (as none of these are landscapes... I think the reason behind the bad images in my own stupidity.)
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File: - boston_wildlife.jpg Make - NIKON CORPORATION Model - NIKON D70 XResolution - 300.00/0.00 YResolution - 300.00/0.00 ResolutionUnit - Inch ExifOffset - 90 ISOSpeedRatings - 200 ShutterSpeedValue - 1/80 seconds ApertureValue - F 5.00 ExposureTime - 1/80 seconds FNumber - 5.00 ExposureProgram - Not defined DateTimeOriginal - 2005:10:21 21:20:44 DateTimeDigitized - 2005:10:21 21:20:44 ExposureBiasValue - 0.00 MaxApertureValue - F 4.76 MeteringMode - Multi-segment LightSource - Auto Flash - Not fired, compulsory flash mode FocalLength - 210.00 mm SubsecTime - 02 SubsecTimeOriginal - 02 SubsecTimeDigitized - 02 SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor CustomRendered - Normal process ExposureMode - Auto WhiteBalance - Auto DigitalZoomRatio - 1 x FocalLengthIn35mmFilm - 315 mm SceneCaptureType - Landscape GainControl - None Contrast - Normal Saturation - Normal Sharpness - Hard SubjectDistanceRange - Unknown 2. File: - boston_wildlife2.jpg Make - NIKON CORPORATION Model - NIKON D70 XResolution - 300.00/0.00 YResolution - 300.00/0.00 ResolutionUnit - Inch ExifOffset - 90 ISOSpeedRatings - 200 ShutterSpeedValue - 1/100 seconds ApertureValue - F 5.60 ExposureTime - 1/100 seconds FNumber - 5.60 ExposureProgram - Not defined DateTimeOriginal - 2005:10:21 21:20:32 DateTimeDigitized - 2005:10:21 21:20:32 ExposureBiasValue - 0.00 MaxApertureValue - F 5.66 MeteringMode - Multi-segment LightSource - Auto Flash - Not fired, compulsory flash mode FocalLength - 300.00 mm SubsecTime - 09 SubsecTimeOriginal - 09 SubsecTimeDigitized - 09 SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor CustomRendered - Normal process ExposureMode - Auto WhiteBalance - Auto DigitalZoomRatio - 1 x FocalLengthIn35mmFilm - 450 mm SceneCaptureType - Landscape GainControl - None Contrast - Normal Saturation - Normal Sharpness - Hard SubjectDistanceRange - Unknown 3. File: - boston_wildlife3.jpg Make - NIKON CORPORATION Model - NIKON D70 XResolution - 300.00/0.00 YResolution - 300.00/0.00 ResolutionUnit - Inch ExifOffset - 90 ISOSpeedRatings - 200 ShutterSpeedValue - 1/40 seconds ApertureValue - F 4.50 ExposureTime - 1/40 seconds FNumber - 4.50 ExposureProgram - Not defined DateTimeOriginal - 2005:10:21 20:55:27 DateTimeDigitized - 2005:10:21 20:55:27 ExposureBiasValue - 0.00 MaxApertureValue - F 4.44 MeteringMode - Multi-segment LightSource - Auto Flash - Not fired, compulsory flash mode FocalLength - 55.00 mm SubsecTime - 01 SubsecTimeOriginal - 01 SubsecTimeDigitized - 01 SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor CustomRendered - Normal process ExposureMode - Auto WhiteBalance - Auto DigitalZoomRatio - 1 x FocalLengthIn35mmFilm - 82 mm SceneCaptureType - Landscape GainControl - None Contrast - Normal Saturation - Normal Sharpness - Hard SubjectDistanceRange - Unknown 4.File: - boston_wildlife4.jpg Make - NIKON CORPORATION Model - NIKON D70 XResolution - 300.00/0.00 YResolution - 300.00/0.00 ResolutionUnit - Inch ExifOffset - 90 ISOSpeedRatings - 200 ShutterSpeedValue - 1/60 seconds ApertureValue - F 5.60 ExposureTime - 1/60 seconds FNumber - 5.60 ExposureProgram - Not defined DateTimeOriginal - 2005:10:21 21:25:10 DateTimeDigitized - 2005:10:21 21:25:10 ExposureBiasValue - 0.00 MaxApertureValue - F 5.66 MeteringMode - Multi-segment LightSource - Auto Flash - Flash fired, auto mode, return light detected FocalLength - 300.00 mm SubsecTime - 01 SubsecTimeOriginal - 01 SubsecTimeDigitized - 01 SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor CustomRendered - Normal process ExposureMode - Auto WhiteBalance - Auto DigitalZoomRatio - 1 x FocalLengthIn35mmFilm - 450 mm SceneCaptureType - Standard GainControl - None Contrast - Normal Saturation - Normal Sharpness - Normal SubjectDistanceRange - Unknown 5. File: - boston_wildlife5.jpg Make - NIKON CORPORATION Model - NIKON D70 XResolution - 300.00/0.00 YResolution - 300.00/0.00 ResolutionUnit - Inch ExifOffset - 90 ISOSpeedRatings - 200 ShutterSpeedValue - 1/15 seconds ApertureValue - F 5.60 ExposureTime - 1/15 seconds FNumber - 5.60 ExposureProgram - Not defined DateTimeOriginal - 2005:10:21 21:16:35 DateTimeDigitized - 2005:10:21 21:16:35 ExposureBiasValue - 0.00 MaxApertureValue - F 5.66 MeteringMode - Multi-segment LightSource - Auto Flash - Not fired, compulsory flash mode FocalLength - 300.00 mm SubsecTime - 09 SubsecTimeOriginal - 09 SubsecTimeDigitized - 09 SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor CustomRendered - Normal process ExposureMode - Auto WhiteBalance - Auto DigitalZoomRatio - 1 x FocalLengthIn35mmFilm - 450 mm SceneCaptureType - Landscape GainControl - None Contrast - Normal Saturation - Normal Sharpness - Hard SubjectDistanceRange - Unknown Last edited by Alpha_7 on Sun Oct 23, 2005 2:52 am, edited 1 time in total.
craig there is no exif data posted, may be a tech or sleep issue?
If you are shooting in landscape mode that is an suto settign optimised for shooting static images with little or no movement, in this series of shots you are trying to freeze a moment of subtle movement It's great to start of with the automatic shooting modes because you can see what situations work with them well and which ones do not work, pay special attention to what the automatic modes produce then learn when to use them and when not to use them quick tip is for moving subjects or even yourself moving while taking static subjects use shuter priority 'S' mode this way you can experiment with shutterspeed, start of with the reciprocal number of your focal length i.e if your shooting at 70mm then set the shutter to 1/70 this should give you a stable shoit in theory, test this rule out again and again and study the results, then set the shutter to a lower setting like 1/50 and see what that does, then set the shutter to 1/250 see what that does learn from these various setings then you will bell on your way to getting better pictures, that should help you for now. Just rememebr there is nothing wrong with blur sometimes it can be a powerful element for the overall image but in this case it looks like you were trying to get a reasonable image.
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