Wildlife with a little sun, sand and sea on dorsets coastline

Taken at: 1/100th sec, f 5.6, 105mm, ISO250, Shutter Priority

(hand held)

Taken at 1/1000th sec, f 5.6, 105mm, ISO250, Shutter Priority

(hand held)

Taken at: 1/1000th sec, f 6.3, 105mm, ISO250, Shutter Priority

(hand held)

Taken at: 1/640th sec, f 7.1, 18mm, ISO250, Shutter Priority

(hand held)

Taken at: 1/1000th sec, f 5.6, 360mm, ISO 400, Manual

(hand held)

Taken at: 1/500th sec, f 5.6, 240mm, ISO 400, Manual setting,

compensation -2/3 (hand held)

Taken at: 1/500th sec, f 5.6, 270mm, ISO 400, Manual,
compensation -2/3 (hand held)

The strong sunlight has given all three of these duckling pictures a harsh appearance in terms of lighting as they were taken around mid day and so there potential is reduced, something I forgot to think of at the time.

Taken at: 1/1000th sec, f 6.3, 105mm, ISO 250, Shutter Priority

(hand held)
Taken at: 1/1000th sec, f 5.6, 105mm, ISO250, Shutter Priority
(hand held)

Taken at: 1/1000th sec, f 6.3, 105mm(cropped), ISO250, Shutter Priority

(hand held)

Taken as above

I have deliberately limited myself to using only the shorter 18-105mm lens when taking many of these images, leaving the 400mm at home, consequently, for those that may have noticed, many of the images are taken at 105mm this being the full extent of the lenses reach. The idea is if I deliberately limit myself to only the smaller lens then it should hopefully help me to concentrate on the framing and backgrounds more so than with a long lens as I dont have the option of zooming in to fill the frame. It's interesting to do. I have found that many of the images produced with the 105mm are sharper and more detailed in its results than the 400mm lens. This is probably because the smaller lens is of a better quality than the larger lens and this is interesting as it is the first time I have experienced a notable difference between two lenses (not having had that much experience yet of using the kinds of lenses pros take for granted). There is a multitude of other factors that affect sharpness but I am positive that the lenses are a factor here.

Taken at: 1/1250 sec, f 5.6, 400mm, ISO 200, Manual

(tripod support) time: aprox 4:30pm