desperate 4 help please

[chryslerchick]

please i desperately need help.i have a fox in my garden every night that i feed.i took advice from fellow DP member & stood outside to try & get pics but no matter what settings im trying i just cant get a clear pic.the start of garden partialy lit via street light but nearer to me is quite dark ive tried using flash but it scares him away.
im using fuji finepix s5500
these pics are at this setting-please someone give me ideas on correct setting

mode= s
focus=s.af
iso=200
f.8
1.3
bulb
continuous shoot

[Stephen]

Re: desperate 4 help please

please i desperately need help.i have a fox in my garden every night that i feed.i took advice from fellow DP member & stood outside to try & get pics but no matter what settings im trying i just cant get a clear pic.the start of garden partialy lit via street light but nearer to me is quite dark ive tried using flash but it scares him away.
im using fuji finepix s5500
these pics are at this setting-please someone give me ideas on correct setting

mode= s
focus=s.af
iso=200
f.8
1.3
bulb
continuous shoot

You seem to have the camera set on Shutter priority, and the shutter is set to 1.3 secs, and this is giving an aperture of f.8 However I see it was also on bulb, so was it a time exposure Maybe you had it set on nightscene mode?

If you had the camera set on Aperture priority and opened up to 2.8 maybe that would help, also you have an iso 400 setting on the camera though this may give a lot of colour noise.

Anyway, I had a play with one of your shots and managed to be able to see the fox at least

[Archangel]

Re: desperate 4 help please

please i desperately need help.i have a fox in my garden every night that i feed.i took advice from fellow DP member & stood outside to try & get pics but no matter what settings im trying i just cant get a clear pic.the start of garden partialy lit via street light but nearer to me is quite dark ive tried using flash but it scares him away.
im using fuji finepix s5500
these pics are at this setting-please someone give me ideas on correct setting

mode= s
focus=s.af
iso=200
f.8
1.3
bulb
continuous shoot

There are 2 ways to take this photo.

1. Use flash (but Flash Sync mode), though you said the fox will be scared away.

2. Use what Stephen suggested and further to that you can read my "VR tweak article" (that might help, or adjusted to help with different settings) posted here (it is written for a different camera, but basically works in most cameras):

http://www.coolpix7900.com/VR_Tweak/7900VRTweak.htm

Regards

George

[Autumn]

Re: desperate 4 help please

Anyway, I had a play with one of your shots and managed to be able to see the fox at least

Did you post your result Stephen, because if you did, I can't see it.

[Stephen]

Re: desperate 4 help please

Sorted, apparantly it was too big

[Autumn]

Re: desperate 4 help please

Sorted, apparantly it was too big

That's good. The reason I asked, was before I saw your post, I thought I would have a go in shadows and highlight, but when you said you had done it, I thought I would save myself some time.

[chryslerchick]

Re: desperate 4 help please

You seem to have the camera set on Shutter priority, and the shutter is set to 1.3 secs, and this is giving an aperture of f.8 However I see it was also on bulb, so was it a time exposure Maybe you had it set on nightscene mode?

If you had the camera set on Aperture priority and opened up to 2.8 maybe that would help, also you have an iso 400 setting on the camera though this may give a lot of colour noise.

Anyway, I had a play with one of your shots and managed to be able to see the fox at least

thanks all for help
no i didnt have it on time exposure nor did i have it on night time mode.& yes using 400iso made it realy very noisy. i myself did do some adjustments & was able to see fox but was alot noisier than yours stephen.

do you think it could possibly be that i had it on continuous shoot ? maybe if i tried just using single shot do you think that may help?? im going to try & move his food bowl & turn on my kitchen light that may give alittle extra light ,as i cant turn on my outside porch light as thats where i stand in the shadows so he doesnt get scared away.

will have alook at your vr tweak link archangel,thanks