Its inevitable, things are going to go wrong.
Over the weekend I went to the zoo with my husband and my camera. It was a new experiment for me; the zoo is a great place to work on your photography.
Each exhibit provides its own new challenges and opportunities. For the outdoor exhibits I used auto mode, this provided me with some great shots of Giraffes and Peacocks. For the indoor exhibits I had to play around a little.
The one thing that I desperately wanted was bat pictures. With bats you can’t use flash; it disturbs them and is really bad for their eyes. So I used an ISO of 100. With the ISO set to 100 the “film” will absorb all of the available light. Now the problem with that is that no matter how still I was, 100 means that the film is moving slowly, and a second might not seem like a long time in normal life, but when you’re trying to hold still and not breathe, it’s an eternity!
None of the pictures of the bats came out, I was so disappointed!
Next time I will be sure to use a monopod! Once I do I will be sure to post a review of what kind of difference it made.
For this post I chose to use another mild disappointment. For the photo featured here I should have used an ISO of 1600; if I had, you would actually be able to see the fish, instead of just get an impression of them.
Now go and make some mistakes of your own!
Cheers,
Lin
