thephotosocietyさんのインスタグラム写真 - (thephotosocietyInstagram)「Photograph by @andyparkinsonphoto/@thephotosociety Red squirrel in windblown snow – When I’m leading clients on either 1-2-1 tuition or on photographic tours around the world one of the many things that I waffle on about endlessly is the importance of shooting flexibly. Shooting not just for what is in front of you at any given moment but also anticipating what might happen, what could happen. Of course an in depth knowledge of one’s subject is vital but often times just thinking logically and thinking ahead can be of great assistance, not just obsessing about the current moment. Take this squirrel image for example, taken at my good friend and renowned squizza whisperer @neilmcintyre3151 site. I could have, as the squirrel at this moment is relative inactive and slow moving, taken my ISO right down and shot this image at anything between 1/30th and 1/100th of a second. It would still have been sharp but what then if something else might have happened. What if the squirrel suddenly ran off, or another squirrel turned up for a bit of nut thievery, or an arboreal assault course. I’d have been scuppered, or frantically trying to increase the ISO and as such my shutter speed to try and capture the action that I was already missing! No, much better to have already factored this in and to shoot at a shutter speed that can do both, that is prepared for all eventualities. For something as fast moving as a squizza at full speed then 1/800sec is a good base mark and with the high ISO capacity of modern cameras then with this light there’s really no reason not to be able to guarantee that. That way if the squirrel does leg it, or some windblown snow blows past as speed as has done here then you’ll be able to freeze the action, not end up with blurry and distracting blobs of snow or blurry and distracting streaks of squirrel.」3月17日 23時26分