I know some of you don't know or care about the technical side of things, but for those that are interested:
I tried a few different options for the Swifts yesterday; all bar one involved panning with the bird (makes you dizzy ;))
The one I uploaded yesterday was using Shutter Priority; allowing for the panning, 1/1600th was fast enough - This one was using Aperture Priority; I sacrificed a bit of shutter speed for more depth of field (F7.1 - 1/1250th vs F5.6 - 1/1600th on the other one)
Even allowing for this one being a heavier crop, I think the other pic turned out better. So, unless the bird is flying towards me, I won't worry about depth of field next time
Camera Maker: SONY
Camera Model: SLT-A58
Lens: 75-300mm F4.5-5.6
Image Date: 2015-07-06 07:45:44 (no TZ)
Focal Length: 280.0mm (35mm equivalent: 420mm)
Aperture: /7.1
Exposure Time: 0.0008 s (1/1250)
ISO equiv: 400
Exposure Bias: +0.70 EV
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Copyright: 2015 Chris K
