Cougar and Auto-focus Fail
I’m learning that I need to be faster at using manual focus for those moments when you have an opportunity for a shot, and auto-focus just lets you down.
The cougar popped his head around the tree where I was setup, and I took the shot. I was in the shade, so ISO was 640 and the shutter was 1/400 with f/3.2. This would have been a great shot of the cougar and his eyes… except for auto-focus landing on the big tree in the foreground.
During this shoot I used manual focus a lot to capture animals behind shrubbery in the foreground, but had switched to auto-focus momentarily. Unfortunately, the cougar left right after this and I didn’t get another chance at the shot.
Note to self: get faster at using manual focus, and recognize those situations where auto-focus will let you down (like when a big tree in the foreground fills half the shot).
