hedgehog settings,

wallyboy said:
we have been feeding a hedgehog for a week, outside front door, will be trying to take some pics
what would be good settings to use, only got on board pop up flash,
lens 35mm 1:8,
thanks
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The only person that can answer that is you because you are the only one that gets to see what the light is doing at that very moment.

There is no universal setting say for out doors or inside or under a tree in the morning. You can take any one of these situations and simply turn to face the opposite direction and the exposure could change dramatically. Even if you in the same place just by changing your direction and you are looking at an entirely different set of settings.

If you want to take the easy rout then my advise would be set your cam to shutter priority and put the shutter around 200 wail you let the camera do the rest. Hope that makes sense.
 
You may struggle to get close enough with a 35mm lens, unless you have a tripod and remote.

Still, I would use auto ISO set with a minimum shutter speed of 1/60 or maybe 1/125 and aperture priority at around f/2.8. You'll probably need to go up to ISO 3200 which on the D3100 isn't too bad (I'd shoot in RAW and use Lightroom noise reduction but you may not have that).

The problem with shutter priority is that in the dark it will automatically go to f/1.8 which will probably have too shallow a depth of field.

I would also avoid using the flash but maybe try and get some indoor lights pointing outside and then sit outside (assuming the hedgehog will still come) and get some side lit shots.
 
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shaylou said:
The only person that can answer that is you because you are the only one that gets to see what the light is doing at that very moment.

There is no universal setting say for out doors or inside or under a tree in the morning. You can take any one of these situations and simply turn to face the opposite direction and the exposure could change dramatically. Even if you in the same place just by changing your direction and you are looking at an entirely different set of settings.

If you want to take the easy rout then my advise would be set your cam to shutter priority and put the shutter around 200 wail you let the camera do the rest. Hope that makes sense.
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thanks
 
Nawty said:
You may struggle to get close enough with a 35mm lens, unless you have a tripod and remote.

Still, I would use auto ISO set with a minimum shutter speed of 1/60 or maybe 1/125 and aperture priority at around f/2.8. You'll probably need to go up to ISO 3200 which on the D3100 isn't too bad (I'd shoot in RAW and use Lightroom noise reduction but you may not have that).

The problem with shutter priority is that in the dark it will automatically go to f/1.8 which will probably have too shallow a depth of field.

I would also avoid using the flash but maybe try and get some indoor lights pointing outside and then sit outside (assuming the hedgehog will still come) and get some side lit shots.
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will give it a bash when weather better, cheers
 
I think photos without flash would look better but sometimes there is no other way.

Try a few experimental shots settings with the flash before the hedgehog arrives, you may be able to get away with the flash on reduced power combined with, as already suggested, some light from the house.

Dave
 
Tringa said:
I think photos without flash would look better but sometimes there is no other way.

Try a few experimental shots settings with the flash before the hedgehog arrives, you may be able to get away with the flash on reduced power combined with, as already suggested, some light from the house.

Dave
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thanks,
prob settle with tripod remote, f/8 ss125 full power on board flash with diffuser, and patience,
 
Good luck.

In my limited experience of photographing hedgehogs the problem has always been I've had to wait half the night for them to turn up.

Dave
 
I took some grab photos of a hedgehog on the run the other night while it was pouring with rain and very windy. For the first time in over a year I put the camera on auto so I could shoot 1 handed while holding a brolly in the other. I had my Sigma 24-70 f2.8 USM and the camera chose f2.8, 1/60sec, ISO400 and it was shot at 70mm. Unfortunately the shots weren't the best composition (I was too much above the subject and misfocussed a bit) but they came out well exposed at those settings.
 
modchild said:
I took some grab photos of a hedgehog on the run the other night while it was pouring with rain and very windy. For the first time in over a year I put the camera on auto so I could shoot 1 handed while holding a brolly in the other. I had my Sigma 24-70 f2.8 USM and the camera chose f2.8, 1/60sec, ISO400 and it was shot at 70mm. Unfortunately the shots weren't the best composition (I was too much above the subject and misfocussed a bit) but they came out well exposed at those settings.
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thanks for info, took some tonight, f1.8 1/60 auto iso which chose 3200, the only light was what was shinning through kitchen window,
need a bit of tweaking focus wise will have another bash tomorrow if weather ok,
 
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