Ducks don't turn out why?

[DerekRob]

Ok I've shot some ducks & geese but they have turned out very blurry and or some blurry-ness to them and I didn't want that, But the water turned out awesome though.

[adblink]

impossible to answer your question without some samples (with exif intact)

[DerekRob]

adblink, what do you want me to save as so the exif can stay intact?

[2112]

Because they only work with a new Canon and it has to be your first shots! :p

[DerekRob]

2112, Ha.

Ok hang on.

[DerekRob]

This shot is done with the kit lens.


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/Docpeplvr/Urban%20Life/ducktest.jpg

[MT59]

Well, that's a marginally slow shutter speed, so it could be blur from camera shake.

Try switching to Av mode, zoom out to the widest setting (18mm?) and set the Aperture to the lowest numerical value it will allow (probably 3.5 on the kit lens). Zoom back in, compose and shoot. See if it comes out a little better. At the very least, you'd have doubled the shutter speed in the above scenario (f/5.6 would have yielded around 1/250th shutter speed).

Also, that looks like more of a job for one of your long Siggy lenses.

ETA: Also, I dragged your pic to my local machine and ran it through Photoshop, giving it a boost with some Unsharp Mask (around 125/.4/3) and it popped a little better. Of course, that was on the image you posted here, which is obviously downsized a bit.

[Moppie]

This shot is done with the kit lens.



Your first problem is that is a goose and not a duck.
Find some ducks and see if you get better results.

[MT59]

Your first problem is that is a goose and not a duck.

LOL, I missed the obvious in my reply. Good point!

[egordon99]

Where did you focus? It looks like the background is more in focus than the goose. Ditto the comments about the slow shutter speed. You should be able to get that up to 1/500s easily.

[DerekRob]

I was focusing on the "goose" however my kit lens was back focusing for some odd reason and my main flash was off.

[Ridebmx]

^^ why use shutter priority and use 1/125 f/10, you could see better results with say 1/500 as said above and whatever f/stop comes along with it.

use center focus point

thats what i do

av mode, f/4-8 (f/4 is fastest lens i have)

and center focus point.

your results should improve with these simple settings.

since the duck is moving, youll want a fast shutter speed.

flying birds will want atleast 1/1000 to freeze them.

[DerekRob]

Ridebmx, Thank you mate I'll try that I'm still learning and my geeses and ducks turned out so crappy all the time I've stopped shooting until now.