Night time shots

Can some please advuse me of a good setting(s) to use with shooting in the woods at dusk. I am taking pictures of some nice bucks that are difficult t oget in the day time. I shot this using a Nikon D 80. Iso was at 1250 F-8.0. My Lens is a 70 -300 Nikon. THe shot was at 300mm.

As always any helpful hints are welcome.

Brian Adams

Brian, it simply appears underexposed. Assuming you're in aperture priority mode, try opening up to f/5.6 or even f/4, then bump up your EV by at least +1 stop so you retain the same fast shutter speed but get more light on the sensor. Even try +1½ EV. Just opening to 5.6 won't work because you'll have a faster shutter speed to "compensate" and you'll end up with the same underexposure. The EV push will override you're meter and get you the detail you're looking for.

Thanks Paul. I located the "EV" settings in my menue selection and put it at 1/3 - not 1/2 which is where it was at. - These are the only 2 options I had.

Thanks again
Brian

Brian looks like a nice shot if you had more light. I agree with Paul, I always shoot as fast as I can when in low light I am not sure what your lens is but my 70-300 is 5.6 and I shoot with it wide open most of the time when it is early or late. you just have to deal with the smaller DOF.

Looks like a nice buck Brian, hope you can get one with a little more light the next time.

Keep at it, Brian...shooting in low light can be a real challenge!

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