Wildlife, living next to nature

[xoxoxoBruce]

God damn...

[BigV]

xob, I think the ibex is thinking, "whew, I'll never get eaten here."

grav, you must be kidding about no manual focus on your camera. what is the make/model?

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by BigV

grav, you must be kidding about no manual focus on your camera. what is the make/model?

Nope, not kidding. It's a Fujifilm FinePix S3280. It's a POS bridge camera.

[Griff]

As in drop it off a bridge?

[Gravdigr]

Only if it's a local bridge.

If I ever get another camera I WILL be putting a bullet and/or arrow through this one's lens.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I offered.

[BigV]

I don't think we have one of these critters yet. Now that seakdivers doesn't post anymore, I think I'm the only one of us who might see one regularly. I saw him from the deck of the ferrey while crossing to Seattle.

Harbor seal.

[Griff]

There is something real about a seal.

[Sundae]

Not to belittle your gorgeous seal pic, BigV, but for full pedantry, I've seen seals in the wild in three places in the UK:
Two of those places were in Scotland.
In one of those places, I saw them multiple times.
That was the Isle of Arran.
Where our lovely Limey lives.

Get yourself to Arran! Eagles, hare, deer, seals, otters. You'd be right at home you Seattelite (and you have far better photo skills than me)

[xoxoxoBruce]

Cape Cod is lousy with the damn things, they've ruined the fishing and shellfish industry, and they're what's bringing the great Whites.

[BigV]

it does have focus lock, I looked it up. I'm sure grav already does know that. It seems... cruel to offer manual controls for aperture, exposure, iso, but not focus.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I think these would be a better as sprucing up the yard than squirrels.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

does it have focus lock? If so, point it at something else about the same distance and lock the focus, then reframe and shoot.

Originally Posted by BigV

it does have focus lock, I looked it up. I'm sure grav already does know that. It seems... cruel to offer manual controls for aperture, exposure, iso, but not focus.

It also does not like to shoot through windows and/or screens. If you get the telephoto out far enough it will, though. Sometimes.

[Gravdigr]

Coyote tangles with snake in the Everglades ... but is it real?



Aww...they're hugging.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

It also does not like to shoot through windows and/or screens. If you get the telephoto out far enough it will, though. Sometimes.

That's probably because it uses an infra-red focus assist. it 'sees' the glass or screen and 'thinks' that must be what you are wanting to photograph.

What camera is it? Fuji finepix S3280?

Yeah, it doesn't seem to have IR focus, it probably uses contrast to determine focus, The screen has obvious contrast, your window glass may have spots on it and it is picking up on them. The reason you can focus past the window when you zoom is because at long lens focal lengths (i.e. zoomed) the nearest focus distance is increased, so since the camera can't focus on the glass even enough to 'see' the spots or the pattern of the screen, it will look for the next best contrasting thing. "HEY! How about those branches against the sky, way in the back, at the edge of the frame, fucking miles from the thing you want to shoot. How about I focus on them?"

I love all auto everything cameras that are smarter than me. Not

You push the button, we'll do the rest. Don't you worry your sweet little head about nuthin.