Some Critters OT

[Misled]

Some animals from today,

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

Great snake capture!
I'm curious why you shot everything at f/10 1/30-1/40? I think the beaver and toad would have benefited from more shutter speed and they wouldn't have been hurting for DOF at say...f/5.6 or even f/4.

 

[Misled]

I was trying a crap lens I found for cheep so I let the camera do the work. Really the lens sucked and it will be the last time I use it.

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

lol aww What lens was it?
I saw you were shooting between 35 and 300mm...with the same lens?!

 

[IPT]

snake shot is awesome. As for the F-stop the "sweet spot" for maximal sharpness of any lens is generally in the middle of the aperature range. I often shoot at F8 and F11 unless I want a large DOF or need shutter speed.

 

[Misled]

It was a Tamron 28-300. Picked it up for a hundred bucks. It's focusing was horrible. In auto it takes forever and in manual it rotates almost a full turn. I was using manual most of the time, but I couldn't always get it focused without re-adjusting my hand to get to where I wanted to be.

 

[swjim]

Great job, especially on the water snake shot.

 

[Z.X]

Hello....

 

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Hi...

 

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[dpbement]

That alligator is awesome......great shot

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

Alligator? Hu?
I am just seeing the lion for the first time though. Wow, what a face! Great capture.

 

[Scythanith]

That lion is stuffed haahaa!

 

[Misled]

Yea, I had a good time with all the animals at Cabela's

 

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[Reef Bass]

I like that last one of the dragonfly very much! Interesting subject, good composition, nice background blur. The dark patches on the dragonfly's wings offer a visually similarity with the dark patches in the background that I find pleasing.

Beauty.