photography, what setting should i use?

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with a 300mm lens, i was trying to take a photo of a deer yesterday, i was quite away from it using a canon 20d, i had the lens at max zoom & because the light level wasn't brilliant the picture was all dark & gloomy, what would of been a good aperture & shutter speed to get a better picture, i needed to more light in i think
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Try changing the ISO speed to get more light into an image. I usually have mine on the auto setting but sometimes in low light with a long lens I set it to 800 or higher if necessary..
 
1. tripod is a must
2. highest iso and then play a bit with it
3. largest aperture, i.e. smallest number
4. speed around 1/125th 0r 1/60th

or wait for brighter light.
 
Slower shutter speed and larger apature to get the most light in.

Though with a zom lense you want a faster shutter speed to avoid camera shake! Its a tricky one, though you could rest the camera on something - such as a wall,rucksac, tripod etc

With digital camera of course, you can import the picture into a editing package and adjust the contrast and light levels a bit to get a better picture - far easier than film where you had to do that in a dark room with the enlarger
 
20d will handle iso400 easy, so use that and the biggest apperture you have and a shutter of at least 60th if you use a mono or tripod, if not then you need a shutter of 500th or so to avoid shake
 
Open the aperture of your lens wide open, set your camera to aperture priority mode (Av on your camera) and adjust the cameras ISO until you can shoot your deer at a shutter speed of at least 1/125th second using a tripod
 
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