missed shots

[X_ARTEX32]

does it drive any of you guys crazy when you have the oportunity to get a great shot, and for one reason or another you cannot capture it correctly in the alotted time frame.

Today i was out in the woods down by the creek, and some mallards were swimming around so i took some shots.

i spooked a couple and one took off feet away from my position in the creek. i shot madly with the D200/ 28-70 combo and tried to hold it as steady as possible while walking down an embankment.

my case and point, being that i was moving there was some camera shake (i have very steady hands) and i didn't get the shot i wanted. I've always felt lenses under 100mm didn't need VR,... guess i was wrong.

and now i'm looking at it, wishing it was a sharp and a steady image and it drives me bonkers, anybody else get this feeling?


the shot BTw-

 

[maddog10]

I have missed plenty of shots, usually because I am trying to get them 'just' right before I hit the shutter release.

Must say that I have never tried to shoot and walk at the same time, I would probably fall over.

 

[X_ARTEX32]

I have missed plenty of shots, usually because I am trying to get them 'just' right before I hit the shutter release.

Must say that I have never tried to shoot and walk at the same time, I would probably fall over.

I know where my feet are most of the time so i didn't worry, I always feel i can get the shot more accuratly focused and the way i want it, as fast as possible shotting manual focus, AF sometimes gets on my nerves.

 

[birdpond]

Actually the image looks almost photo-impressionistic. I'm seeing it as a painting, a drawing with colored pencils or an etching rather than a photo . . . It might be fun to play with it in PS or something and see what you can come up with.

 

[mrlimpet]

yea, it happens a lot, especially when i'm trying to get bif shots.

i've just accepted the fact that there will always be another opportunity, another day, another time, etc., and i learn from every mistake (eventually).

many 'shots' i never even attempt because the subject's on the wrong side of the light, or there's no way to get in position for the shot i want without scaring the subject away, things like that.

now, i'll determine what's the best spot with available lighting, access, etc. and wait for my subject there. in many ways it's very similar to aquatic photography except the subject is not in an enclosed glass tank but an open air box!

i cannot MF on bif shots. the action is too fast and my lens is too long and heavy for me to support properly while panning smoothly and trying to MF. a more stationary subject is another matter and i often fine tune the focus manually.