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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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Light changes while hiking (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by shitterisfull@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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Was on a nature hike recently. Wanted to capture things like birds, flowers, naturescapes, etc. Full tree canopy and shaded at times, wide open and sunny at other. Was a guided hike and I didn’t want to hold up the group. Ended up flipping it to Auto instead of fiddling with shutter/aperture. How does an experienced photographer handle that scenario? I feel so dirty for using it on Auto.

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[–] dan_marchant@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

An experienced photographer develops muscle memory. I can adjust my camera while looking through the viewfinder as conditions change.

But you wouldn't expect an inexperienced photographer to be able to do that so use whatever mode you need to.