APERTURE CONTROL
“The ever-changing weather can make shooting tricky, with brightness levels varying,” says Ben. “I use Aperture Priority to control depth of field on these days, when it’s cloudy with sunny outbreaks, but I also use Manual a lot for portraits of more sedentary wildlife. On a day like today, I’ll start at f/5.6 and adjust up or down as required.”
PUMP UP THE ISO
“I adjust the ISO according to the weather and light levels,” says Ben. “For big cats you want a shutter speed of around 1/1000 sec, so when shooting at f/4 to f/8 I needed to increase my ISO accordingly to get a fast enough shutter speed. On my 1D X Mark II, I was shooting between ISO2000 and 3200 all day, as it was…