Under Mom's Watchful Eye

[ayotnoms]

In honor of Mother's Day.
Happy Mother's Day to all the Forum Moms. May you all be spoiled on your special day.

:-)

[guitarman3]

Cute shot! What were your settings? Could you have stopped down the lens a notch to increase the DOF? Would you have preferred a larger DOF? I'm not being critical--I'm just an "experienced" beginner and I'm trying to learn from the photos that folks post. Which lens did you use?

[RbrtPtikLeoSeny]

Fantastic shot! I love it!

[ayotnoms]

Cute shot! What were your settings? Could you have stopped down the lens a notch to increase the DOF? Would you have preferred a larger DOF? I'm not being critical--I'm just an "experienced" beginner and I'm trying to learn from the photos that folks post. Which lens did you use?

No Worries. Criticize away. I am also learning as I go along.
Today's lesson? Make sure you have the correct setting before you take the shot. Later, when I looked at the EXIF data, I discovered that the camera was in Av Mode with a 2.8 aperture.

Not surprising that the DOF was so shallow.

Oh well. I figure 2 1/2 ducks in focus is better than no ducks. Perhaps Momma duck would be willing to give me a pass on this one. LOL

As for the lens, it was the (outstanding!) 70-200mm.

Thanks for taking a peek
Steve

[guitarman3]

Well, I imagine the ducks weren't exactly posing for you to take the shot so you probably had to take it or miss it! It is a darn good shot and I only hope I am half as successful when I receive and try out my 70-200 4L.