Post your 'ALMOST' Photos..
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Clovishound
Senior Member
Went to Cypress Gardens today. I was taking a few pictures of a wood duck with my static settings. Single point, single servo, 1/500 sec to give me the best chance for a sharp eye and low ISO. As I had my eye to the viewfinder, something spooked the bird and even though the settings were wrong, I blasted off shots until he was out of frame. I've been wanting to get some wood ducks taking off, so I was excited to look at these when I got home.
So close
The first one was the shot I was looking to get. Then, 3 seconds later..........
So close
The first one was the shot I was looking to get. Then, 3 seconds later..........
blackstar
Senior Member
I think if you had < 1/1000" exposure, you probably nailed it nicely.
Clovishound
Senior Member
I've been taking a lot of images in my backyard around my feeder since my wife broke her hip last month. I would not even want to try getting in flight shots of smaller birds without pre release capture. It can be done, and I have lucked into a few in the past when I didn't have that available, but it requires a lot of fast reflexes, and a ton of luck. The other issue is that they move faster than the AF often can follow. I have seen quite a few that, looking at the image on the camera back, has the rectangle on the bird's eye, but they just aren't sharp. And these are shooting at 1/5000 and 1/6400 sec, so the culprit is likely the electromechanics in the lens isn't able to keep up with the electronics in the camera.