how do you take a picture in the car when the car is moving?
Remember to engage brain before putting mouth in gear
Rob Huelsman Sr.
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Honestly, photographing an eagle flying by while moving in you car is pretty demanding and probably pointless. You see, you'll need to zoom in as much as you can, which causes instability and moving in the car isn't gonna help that much.
If I had to try, I'd try and get as much shutter speed as possible and keep the f-stop at about f/8 to have a reasonable chance to keep the eagle within the DOF. I guess if you can put it at f/8 and get your shutter speed to be about 1/500... it might be possible (depending on the focal length you're using).
Basically, try and keep your shutterspeed as high as possible.
I've taken photographs at 200mm from a boat moving in fairly rough (about 2 metre swell) waters.
I kept my SS as high as possible and honestly can't remember the f-stop I used... but here's one of the photos:
Zig Zag, wave good bye fish by adrianevans , on Flickr
I understand you were on a bridge, but if that was me. If no one was behind me, I would stop and take the picture. Matter of fact, my husband and I have already done such things like that. We can be in an area where you can't stop on the road or don't park along side the road. If no one is around, we do to get that shot.
This past summer, we were driving down interstate 80. My husband was driving. I saw a hawk sitting on a wooden fence pole along side the interstate. I had my husband stop on the shoulder and he back up to where the hawk was. I got 1 shot as it took off, this was from inside the car with the 50-500mm
Sometimes you need to just stop and get that shot. It could just be the money maker. (even if you don't plan on making money from your work, it could be the best shot). And sometimes, you just need to enjoy what you see and realize you won't get the shot. So just sit back and enjoy wildlife while you drive on by. (which should have been my case for the hawk on the highway)
I have shot many pix from a moving vehicle with good results - landscapes mostly but some wildlife. it comes from shooting action in fast moving sports like hockey where you have to follow the action and be ready at a moments notice to get your shot. As I said earlier the foreground will be a blur but the distant area will be sharp if you use enough shutter speed and steady your camera well (not on the window ledge). There are situations as Crystal said where you can stop and situations where you cannot. A good camera body and a good lens make up for a lot of sub-optimal shooting conditions. This shot was taken from a moving ferry in Prince William Sound in Alaska of Columbia Glacier as an example (4 foot seas )Pops wrote: The bridge is down town, about 1/4 mile long and no shoulder. Heavy traffic at any time of day. Absolutely no way to stop. To get to a parking area you have to circle a 1/2 mile block and come back to the end of the bridge, so there is no way you are going to get there before the bird is gone.
there is no way to get a good shot from the moving car in this particular situation. Just keep in mind that, if the eagle is working this area, he will be back, sometime. I have gone back to the Landing and waited for hours at a time, several days in a row, to get one of those shots. Sometimes it works. Shooting from a moving car almost never works.
Pops
Next is a shot of the Blue Angels at Mach 1 while panning
Remember to engage brain before putting mouth in gear
Rob Huelsman Sr.
My Facebook www.facebook.com/ImaginACTIONPhotography
This is a beginner's forum, after all.There are ways that experienced photographers get good shots when the subject and the camera are moving in different directions, at different speeds. That comes with experience.
Pops
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