I've been experimenting with the Tv setting on my camera, and it seems that anything less than 1/400 is too slow at distance. I'm not sure what the problem is, but here are some sample pictures I took of a Western Scrub jay.
The first one was shot at 1/400, and the second at 1/320. F7.1 was used on both pictures.
It seems that my problem is slight over-exposure at the slower speed. Although the Rebel's auto setting gets perfect shots under near-perfect conditions such as these, it has some annoying features if the light isn't perfect. Sometimes the flash is used when I don't need or want it. And when the flash is used, shutter speed is reduced. The Tv setting obviously isn't perfect, either. I wish they would make it easy for us to program the exposure intelligence for ourselves...
I don't like things to be really complicated, and a 95% solution would be perfect for me. But I'll keep experimenting with shutter speeds until I'm satisfied.
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