Aperture and iso question?

[Freakie_frog]

What do you set your aperture and iso to when you are photographing your animals and why? Thanks

If I am manually setting aperture I let the camera figure the shutter speed and ISO. What I set my aperture size at depends on the effect I want. If I want the focal point to be in focus and everything past or before that to blur I use a larger aperture (smaller f#) like this. The depth of field can be adjusted by slowly choosing a smaller aperture.





If I want the whole snake in focus then I use a smaller aperture (larger f#) like this. It will have both the foreground and background in sharp focus.