It's been a very busy two days and I'm not able to comment unfortunately, so I'll catch up when I can. In the meantime, this little web on top of a canna lily caught my eye this morning while I chased birds in the apple tree. Loved the contrasts in light. another example of what manual setting does. If this was on Auto, you'd never catch the filament.
Okay, so I need to start really grokking this rather than getting lucky on the fly. Had you had this on auto, which of the three elements of the aperture/exposure/ISO trio would have been different, and why?
@squamloon I know on auto, the camera would have changed the ISO to something in the 800 range as I was in shade, there was a good amount of light on the subject, but the fence was back there, so I didn't want the fence. I took ISO to 200 I think--limiting light as much as I could (100 would have been too much I think). Second, on auto, I bet the Aperture would have been about the same (maybe more in the 5.6 range though as it only thinks I'm focusing on the leaf or tip). By the way, I used manual focus too because I wanted the filament, something that on auto, my camera was not able to do. Last, the shutterspeed needed to climb higher, not because the subject was moving, but I wanted the advantage of the 7.1 aperture (which admittedly, I should have taken to about 11 maybe--I wanted more in focus than just the filament)--so I used shutterspeed to help.
I learned a new word: grokking. I'm going to use it everywhere now!!
Did this help? Auto doesn't know what you want other than a general directional photo. If you want contrast and light and precision, you have to start playing with the triangle. Chasing birds and moving subjects taught me about shutterspeed priority. I'm trying to play with aperture more now with subjects that are no on the move. We'll see!
Daryl, THANK you. Several months ago I was all about the triangle, but then I got lazier and lazier. I still use aperture mode more than any other, but every time I've played with manual I've gotten frustrated or left the ISO someplace kooky. Your clear explanation is the kind that gives me reasonto go find that horse and climb back on.
I learned a new word: grokking. I'm going to use it everywhere now!!
Did this help? Auto doesn't know what you want other than a general directional photo. If you want contrast and light and precision, you have to start playing with the triangle. Chasing birds and moving subjects taught me about shutterspeed priority. I'm trying to play with aperture more now with subjects that are no on the move. We'll see!