>>4469037wide open cuz the light was going, 6.3 at 600mm
>>4469038full manual auto iso. You're gonna push it to what it needs to be later anyways. You wind up fighting for light a lot doing this, birds be up at dawn and dusk. So mentally i just try to think what can i reasonable drop my shutter to safely, is it bright enough to tighten up here to get a better chance of getting deadeye focus. shooting at 500mm on a target the size of a tennis ball your dof is pretty thin even at f8