Share your wildlife photography!

[lindam]

Have you snapped an incredible photo of wildlife? Post a favorite photo you've taken and share the story behind the image. Be sure to include the Canon gear you used!

About this photo: 

Camera: Canon PowerShot G3 X

Exposure Time: 1/125

ISO: 400

F-stop: 6.3                          

[ebiggs1]

Outstanding. 

[lglass12189]

Another shot from my recent trip to Alaska. Eagle flying off a piece of drift wood toward the bay. 60% crop 1DX MK II, 70-200\\

[fatcat]

exquisit!

[Tintype_18]

[lglass12189]

Sorry for the delay, I haven't been on the site in a long time.

EF 70-200 /2.8 L II, 1/1000 sec. f3.2, ISO 800, 1DX MK II, @200mm

Here is one after getting fish:

One with wings spread

[ebiggs1]

Super cool!  

[miketerndrup]

[fatcat]

very nice. well done

[Tape]

I shot this, this morning at a park  (freehand)

Red headed woodpecker

If anyone has suggestions on camera settings I would be grateful.

By the time I was done taking pictures of this bird I took exactly 200 pictures of it 😁

About this photo: 

Camera:  Canon 90D

Lens: Tamron 18-400mm

Exposure Time: 1/40

ISO: 100

F-stop: 6.3

I also shot this one same settings but f/22

Which actually stops the head from blurring and the color is much nicer IMO.

Well not really

[jrhoffman75]

Hello.

A few thoughts:

1. since the bird is moving you want a higher shutter speed to stop motion.

2. you are on a crop sensor camera (which increases the apparent focal length), amplifying any camera shake

3. to avoid motion blur from camera shake you want the minimum shutter speed to be twice the focal lenght (on a crop sensor camera)

You don't say what zoom setting you used, but if you want to be ready for anything I would suggest you set the camera to Av and set the shutter speed to 1/1000.

You don't need a lot of depth of field for this subject, so you don't f/22.  I suggest you set the camera to f/8 and adjust ISO to get proper exposure.

One approach would be to use M mode, set aperture to f/8, shutter speed to 1/1000 and set the ISO to AUTO ISO.