Now, these are all settings that are easily changeable on your camera and while factors of light, aperture and other variables come into play, to freeze an air of John John Florence with all of his facial expressions crisp and sharp, you need the camera shutter to open and close extremely fast to save that moment without any blur. An incredibly small fraction of a second, something to the effect of 1/1000th of one second or even faster. Many of the action photos you see in magazines, advertisements and online - images that display crisp details of everything a photographer is seeing - those images are likely shot at a very fast shutter speed. But when it all comes together, a speed blur or a “lazy shutter” as it’s affectionately referred to by many lensmen, can be one of the coolest ways to capture a moment frozen in time - albeit, at a much slower speed than you would normally otherwise.įor those of you who aren’t as familiar with this type of surf photography, I’ll explain various details throughout the captions below. An unsteady pan, an erratic surfer, panning too fast or not fast enough, anticipating the wrong maneuver or simply having the wrong shutter speed to obtain the look you’re going for are all factors that make this style of shooting anything but a sure thing. I’ve heard it described as a high-risk and high-reward style of shooting and I believe that’s an accurate description. There is no “right” way to shoot these types of photos but the longer you mess around with this technique the more you find what works for you - or equally important, what doesn’t. I thanked the dove, turned on my Jeep and headed down the bumpy road feeling grateful that he stuck around long enough for me to take these images.Ĭlick here to view more of my Mourning Dove photos plus facts and information about this species.Few surf photography techniques can be as rewarding and simultaneously frustrating as experimenting with a slowed-down shutter speed. I took quite a few images of this male Mourning Dove perched on this gnarly old fence post before I decided to leave him and head to other canyons that I wanted to explore that morning. Mourning Dove in a light breeze – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1/1600, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light Some days I need that peaceful feeling almost as much as I need the air that I breathe. I like the peaceful feeling I get when I view these photos. Today though I preferred the simplicity of these photos. I photographed more Mourning Doves earlier in the morning at a higher elevation that were foraging and chasing each other around in the grasses. The slight breeze ruffled some of the male Mourning Dove’s feathers and in this image it made his head feathers lift in the back which created a slight crest. Mourning Dove on a breezy morning – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light ![]() Because he didn’t fly off immediately I got set up to photograph him. ![]() I was slowly driving down from the forested parts of the mountains when I spotted this male dove perched on a fence post in lovely light. It was a quiet, sunny and slightly breezy morning. This morning I am sharing three simple Mourning Dove images that I took two days ago out in the sky island mountains of Utah’s West Desert. ![]() Male Mourning Dove perched on a gnarly fence post – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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