Horizontal and Vertical Sports Mode Photos

In this photo I was in sports mode to capture the vertical movement of the subjects. The shutter speed of this photo was 1/500.

I was also in sports mode for this photo to capture the horizontal movement of the subject. The shutter speed in this photo was also 1/500.

Practicing Portrait Mode On The Nikon

Portrait mode is made to have your main subject only in focus, while the the background is heavily blurred out. This photo was very successful. As you can see the subject (the top of the hedge) is very much in focus while the background is blurred out.