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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 1 year 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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[–] KidElder@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Use Aperture priority mode with auto ISO and focus on composition.

Going manual mode creates a lot more unnecessary work with the constantly changing environment. You spend more time focusing on getting the right exposure vs focusing on the composition and miss the shot.

I know how my camera works and I'm quite comfortable using auto settings to reduce the work load.

I do use manual mode when I want a specific aperture and shutter speed combination but leave the camera on auto ISO. I adjust the lower limit of auto ISO to the shutter speed I'm using.

I also use manual mode with TTL flash for indoor shooting.

But 90% of my pictures are shot using aperture priority mode.