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Old 10-01-2015, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by tomwed View Post
I want to take pictures of the lizard looking creatures that are on my lanai screens. I have a 50x zoom lens.

The sun is at my back right now. I want everything beyond the creature out of focus.

So what should I set my ISO, depth of field and speed to. I could use automatic but I don't want to.

As an added idea----would anyone else be interested in posting the same subject photo? The winning photo will get nothing but a "head hi" at the next crisper meeting from the other competitors.

How's that for motivation?

I recommend you use automatic Tom.
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