advice with deer shot

i had a stare down with this deer. she kept lifting her leg like she was going to run straight at me. cool little rush.

i shot this pic in av mode
fstop 8
exposure time 1/30 secs
iso 1600

why the blur? camera shake? or could be my focus setting? i was using auto focus?

too slow and too dark - open up your f-stop and speed up your shutter speed or use a flash

As above!! If you want to use semi-automatic modes for this kind of shot perhaps Tv would have been better to ensure a fast enough shutter speed. What lens were you using?

thekid17 wrote in post #8667667
i had a stare down with this deer. she kept lifting her leg like she was going to run straight at me. cool little rush.

i shot this pic in av mode
fstop 8
exposure time 1/30 secs
iso 1600

why the blur? camera shake? or could be my focus setting? i was using auto focus?


this shot looks pretty cool what do you think?

Adrenaline !

The signature says the Sigma 17-70 which is f2.8-4.5 so there could have been the possibility of using f4.5 which would bump up your shutter speed.

the 1st one was shot at 238mm and second was shot at 250mm. I think he was using the 55-250 but 1/30 is way to slow for those focal lengths.

i havnt updated my sig. i was using a 50-250mm

how do you know what focal length theese were shot at without me telling you?

He's using a EXIF viewer that tells you basic camera information like camera model and focal length that the shot was taken with.

Your going to need a shutter speed of at least 1/250 of a second but preferably higher than that to get rid of the camera shake. It would seem that you were at the limits of your equipment for this particular shot. Your ISO would be maxed out at 1600 on a XT and your lens was just not fast enough to allow for a faster shutter speed.

Keep trying and hopefully you'll have some more favorable light to work with.