Whale Watching @ Gloucester, East of Massachusetts Bay

[justin79]

ISO200, f6.3 to f7.1, 1/200s throughout. Furthest end of the zoom length (250mm) for most shots. I kept the D300 to fire at 1/200s minimally, but that didn't completely eliminate camera shake (boat was unstable).

Hi, TS. A newb question here. Why was 1/200s? Possible to use higher shuttle speed? What would be the consequences, if any, of using higher shuttle speed? Thank you in advance.

 

[delonixr]

Oh yep. In the second trip out, I dialed in a minimum shuttle speed of 1/800s.

Nice shots there. Wish I could whales like these someday.
Just a note, it would be better for the images by increasing the ISO so that your shutter speed is higher, better chance to freeze the action.

 

[delonixr]

No particular reason - normally 1/200s on this lens I used on the first trip out + the way I hold the DSLR - is fine for my images. I didn't realize how much the boat was bopping though, which ruined several images. Morever, this was in the late afternoon.

That's why the second trip out I shot at minimum 1/800s. Though this time round, there was also much better weather, no waves to bop the boat, and better lighting.

Hi, TS. A newb question here. Why was 1/200s? Possible to use higher shuttle speed? What would be the consequences, if any, of using higher shuttle speed? Thank you in advance.

 

[delonixr]

Good point. A couple of the images I think have the horizon in them, but not many as I was zooming nearly to 250mm.

Lovely shots! Deep dive is very print worthy!

Perhaps next time you can level your horizons or just do a crop for some of your images with horizons in them. I'm sure it'll make them picture perfect!

 

[jeff1343]

even looks too fearsome the very first series one..!!









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[bblurrr]

wow...:thumbsup: the only thing I saw during my whale watching trip was the boat's floor