Wildlife Shutter Speed: You’re Using the Wrong One

Soooo……Think you know shutter speed?

In this video, I’ll share the shutter speeds I actually use for wildlife, from 1/20 second for creative motion blur all the way to 1/8000 for fast action.

Of course, what I use isn’t as important as WHY I use and so I’ll also show you how I decide which speed to use in the field. Oh, and I crammed in a bunch of little tips and tricks that I’ll bet you (probably) didn’t know. 🙂

As a bonus, I put together a free 4-page Wildlife Shutter Speed “Cheat Sheet”with starting speeds for dozens of common wildlife situations. Head the the main BCG site for the download and video.

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Chuck Zellmer
Chuck Zellmer
18 days ago

Thanks Steve. Always appreciate what you are teaching. Just got to remember when changing shutter speeds to get a perched bird or whatever to switch back to the faster speed. I even have a button set up to do that. Sometimes the excitement of the Osprey coming into focus and I’m at 1/250th of a second and should be at 2500 or more, my thought process just freezes and then all of this great advise is just that…great advice

Ken Duquaine
Ken Duquaine
1 month ago

Very useful information here and the download is a bonus.

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