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Camera settings fo whale watching?

  • 31-08-2013 6:33am
    #1
    tonydude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭


    Hi looking for some advice , im going whale watching tomorrow and would like to know which settings would be best suited to take pics, I imagine itll be very bright with glare. I have a Nikon P510. Im a beginner at best.


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  • #2
    pixbyjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭pixbyjohn


    Have a look here. Also if there is a sports mode then use that too

    http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/Compact-Digital-Cameras/26329/COOLPIX-P510.html#!/media:image:P510_continuous_01.jpg


  • #3
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Bring/take sea sickness pills, if you find yourself looking at the screen or viewfinder all zoomed in for a period of time your stomach might not like it.

    Unless you're very close and the whales are particularly active you'll struggle to get decent images. As above stick it in sports mode and just take bursts.


  • #4
    tonydude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭tonydude


    5uspect wrote: »
    Bring/take sea sickness pills, if you find yourself looking at the screen or viewfinder all zoomed in for a period of time your stomach might not like it.

    Unless you're very close and the whales are particularly active you'll struggle to get decent images. As above stick it in sports mode and just take bursts.
    Thanks guys sports mode it is if I get a decent one I'll share it .


  • #5
    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,781 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    5uspect wrote: »
    Bring/take sea sickness pills, if you find yourself looking at the screen or viewfinder all zoomed in for a period of time your stomach might not like it.

    Ginger is great for this. Ginger ale, biscuits etc


  • #6
    defrule
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 190 ✭✭defrule


    You'll need a circular polariser if you want to see past all the glare in the water surface.


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  • #7
    denismc
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    Just wondering how you got on, any photos? In my experience those whales can be hard to capture, big and all as they are


  • #8
    brinty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,333 ✭✭✭brinty


    how'd it go Tony, I did a whale shoot down in South Africa a few years ago on a bridge camera, stuck it in sports mode...if I knew them what I know now..but I think I got one or two god shots out of maybe 200 pictures


  • #9
    tonydude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭tonydude


    brinty wrote: »
    how'd it go Tony, I did a whale shoot down in South Africa a few years ago on a bridge camera, stuck it in sports mode...if I knew them what I know now..but I think I got one or two god shots out of maybe 200 pictures

    got a couple good ones but nothing amazing, the magical breaching shot never happened :) good day though


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