Fill in Flash (results and evaluation)

After starting my fill in flash photo shoot I wanted to look at the results as although a bright day there was some cloud cover and noticed the subject area was getting darker. I went to my camera a looked at the shots taken and thought they were dark so decided to change the shutter speed to 1/320 from 1/500 to allow more light in.
This however meant any winged shots would not be as clear as I had hoped, I will speak to Steve on this as this maybe something I can do in post production to allow me to keep the faster shutter speed. The other problems I encountered were.

1. I found was that the birds were a little shy of the stump where the camera was, and this was proven that when I moved it they went to another stump. I may need to invest in some camouflage netting to put over the camera.
2. The setting of a large aperture means that some shots of the birds are out of focus due to the narrow depth of field. I will try a smaller aperture next time to get more shots in focus.
3. Flash strength I may use a higher flash strength next time to see if this helps with the shutter speed and aperture settings

All things considered I am quite happy with the results and want to do this again to try and improve my photographs and get nearer to the shot I want.