Everybody in the woods this weekend better pack a camera to get a picture of one. Or take a pic of the one you shoot this weekend!

Two commons problems taking photos of animals while hunting are as follows:

1. Shaking - your cold and bundled up tight with a bunch of clothes. One way to help resolve this is to rest your camera against the stand or I like to set the camera on the 2 second delay and set it down and let it take its own photo.

2. Low Light - Low light is difficult as some of the best movement is in low light. You can set your camera on Night shots but most cameras increase the shutter open time or change the iso to higher iso which makes the photos grainy. Again, this can cause you to have blurry photos.

The Clearest photos will come from the camera being in a fixed rest.

I agree with Bird - pack your camera and get some field photos. Remember that this month is Fall Foliage. A picture is worth a 1000 words.

Use a bush Hawk! LOL

I haven't been happy with the sports setting or the night setting on my cameras but I guess they are all different....

I did get some ok Heron pics from the sports settings a few times on the nikon but the light was pretty good and out in the open..:D

My canon does excellent on high iso.....My kodak sucks....Go figure.:rolleyes:

Bam/Gretch -both of you do great photography and have some powerful cameras.

Can you recommend the best way to improve the photos out of a plain 100-200 dollar camera? Is Auto better? This morning the wife took some photos of deer and they came out blurry and shaky. The photo of a cougar is a once in a lifetime opportunity and to have it come out burry would be a big disappointment.

My biggest problem is I get the shakes when deer show up.

If you don't know much about cameras then yes I would say just use auto...
But on my first little kodak that fit in my pocket I pushed that thing to the max....I used AP alot, macro settings and all..several of my photos on here came from that little p n s....Huntrz did an excellent job with his as well...

In the stand try holding your breath....resting the camera up on one knee or on your stand ..I know all about them darn shakes....then you all gotta add it's freezin cold and if the winds blowin you gotta worry about that as well....Ive used fence post, trees, car, kids shoulder and all to get the job done.....it's amazing what all you can use...Im anti-tripod....lol

Last night I bumped the ISO up and the Ap down to 5.6 I think it was and that helped with LOW light...also some peeps use SPOT METERING.....

Most cameras have alot of options...read the manuals and learn the cam...it will help a ton....I miss my first little kodak alot.....think I might get another so I can take one to the stand in my pocket...

Gretchen will tune in im sure and can prolly explain better.....I just thought I would post my experience with the point and shoots a little....:D