My camera then floated the shutter speed to 1/1250, which was easy to handhold even with a telephoto lens, and fast enough to freeze the gait of the elk.
Elk wildlife photo taken in aperture priority with camera settings that give a sharp photo I shot this image of an elk using aperture priority, having opened my aperture all the way up to f/5.6, and setting my ISO to 1600. At 1600 ISO, grain is not yet a problem with my current camera. My camera then floated the shutter speed to 1/1250, which was easy to handhold even with a telephoto lens, and fast enough to freeze the gait of the elk.