The Camera in my pocket..!!

Lovely pictures, EddieJ

An easy way to solve the focus problem and still have the camera on auto is:-
pick a subject somewhere else in the garden that is the same distance
Point the camera at it and press the shutter button half way down - that is when the camera will do its focussing
Then, still holding the shutter button half way, aim it at your subject and complete the shutter button pressure.

This works with almost every camera as the auto-focus has to come into operation first and the way it does it is with the half pressure. The half pressure stop can also be much quicker (it forces the camera to focus) than waiting for it to focus before pressing the shutter. In some shots the camera seems to take a lot of time to get its focus right and the half pressure can speed it up!

 

I ran into the same focusing problem today, Eddy, at Burton Wetlands Nature Reserve when trying to photograph some Egrets and Herons that were in the water but slightly obscured by a hedge of Sedge. The camera kept getting distracted by the waving wands of Sedge and was focusing on them instead of the birds In the end I switched to manual focusing and it solved the problem as I was choosing what to focus on.

 

I couldn't resist this one (and I did ask his permission)

 

Hi Zigs thank you my friend he said he was waiting for the breakdown wagon to come and change the Tyre on the offside wheel

 

I've heard of pink elephants but ........

 

After a mixed day of cloudiness and brightness we had heavy rain in the evening. Then suddenly, just before the sun was getting to set, at 8.50 p.m. the sky cleared and we had brilliant sunshine.

 

Brilliant shot Jiffy..

 

Well they are so fast, that is superb.. I have never managed to get a shot of a fling bat despite sitting & clicking for hours by a cave one year.. 100s of shots not one that was usable...