Mr. Jonathan Report post Posted October 31, 2010 Mr J. Thanks. The camera is the Nikon D90 with the kit 18-105mm lens. iso400 (usually I use iso200, but had it set to 400 earlier for an extra stop and had not changed it back), f/8 aperture priority. Shutter speed was 1/6 sec. The lens is probably most sharp at f/5.6 & f/8. I chose f/8 for the slightly greater dof to assure the elk and I would be in focus. I did not care so much about the background. Probably could have gotten the trees sharper if I used f/16, but then I worry about softening of the image due to diffraction. Tripod mounted, no flash but the lighting was pretty even due to the fog. I did not take many with various poses or settings like I normally do, but I checked the histogram for exposure and images after each set to see if I got an acceptable composition. Post processing included adjustments to shadows, highlights, brightness, contrast, saturation, cropping and final sharpening. I did paint out some blood on the bull's left side in the last image. Doug Do you teach classes? I have a lot to learn! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted October 31, 2010 Outstanding Doug!! Love the story and the pics! Rica looks tired of the rain.... nice pic of the bullet and ivories... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanoHunter Report post Posted November 1, 2010 I always enjoy your stories and experience Doug. Great job. I also enjoy your photography skills, there are impressive!! I am glad that you were able to connect and hunting fog can be frustrating and unique all in the same. Way to stick with it!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
