An example of a worst case blurry image

This image shows an illustration of just about everything going wrong at once. The subject was a moving wild turkey. The image is blurry because

• The shutter speed was too slow for the subject's motion
  
• The shutter speed was too slow to allow for the camera to be hand held
  
• The focus was poor

In this case the photographer was faced with poor lighting (shaded forest just before sunset) and a quick subject. This made it very difficult to focus quickly and to achieve a fast enough shutter speed. In order to correct these problems the photographer should have

• Used a higher film speed
  
• Manually focused
  
• Used a smaller aperture to gain a larger DOF
  
• Used a tripod or other camera support