So I'd like to try and get more photographs of wild animals. To that end, I sat on the back porch late this morning while my son was napping. Breaking out the 70-300, I went to program mode (because I'm not nearly fast enough to adjust on the fly and animals are used to running for their lives in my yard). I also set the ISO to auto with a maximum of 1600. I don't usually shoot in program or ISO-auto, but I thought it was worth a try today in order to get a feel for it.
It actually worked significantly better than expected. My main issue was my own lack of stealth. While the grass and trees teemed with cardinals, squirrels, sparrows, starlings, and blue jays, I managed to bumble around loudly enough to startle most of those. In my defense the blue jays were extraordinarily skittish. I managed a few shots of most of the other species, but many of those were unsatisfactory (not due to the method of shooting as much as my distance from the subjects and lack of prior planning).
In conclusion I would deem the shooting setup to be moderately successful for the time being. Perhaps when I have an opportunity I will setup a feeder and some natural perches to provide a site for focusing my attention.
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