BirdForum is the net's largest birding community dedicated to wild birds and birding, and is absolutely FREE!

Register for an account to take part in lively discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Roy C" data-source="post: 1871019" data-attributes="member: 18798">I was in shooting in Majorca a while back and unless you just shot early in the morning or late in the evening I found the light was lousy, far to harsh/bright - give me a bright but overcast day in the UK any time.Taking sharp images at slow shutter speeds (hand holding) would differ depending on if you had an I.S. lens or not. With a three stop I.S. shooting at 1/100 sec is akin to 1/800 without it. Individual technique also plays a big part as does the weight of the lens so it is something you cannot really generalise about IMO.Of course the real answer to shooting in relatively low light is to use a good tripod and head. These days I find myself shooting with a tripod more and more regardless of the light.Having said all that, I am also coming to the conclusion that quality of light on a subject is the be all and end all of good photography, so much so that I have all but given up on shooting for several hours each side of the mid-day sun and if the light is not right I do not bother at all.Just my 2p's worth which will probably be pulled apart to the umpteenth degree but there we are!</blockquote>