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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 762158" data-attributes="member: 13196"><p>After I finished taking test shots, I reset my camera settings back to where I usually keep them (f/7.1 and shutter speed of 1/2000") and placed the camera on the seat next to me. I barely made it out of the park when I saw a bird going after a Red-Tailed Hawk.</p><p></p><p>So I quickly pulled over, grabbed my camera, and walked to the back of the car. Of course I forgot to stop down to f/8 or more...oops. There were two birds right there so I simply fired off a shot. This was the first image and the only one with two birds going after the hawk - and surprisingly two different species.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]358732[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I just kept shooting and wound up with at least 100 images all of which are somewhat soft. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> And of course they all show signs of being over sharpened after editing. :sorrow: By this time, I had remembered to stop down to f/9.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]358733[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]358734[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Stopped down even more to f/10.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]358735[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Usually I enable all my focus points by using Dynamic 153, but close to the end of shooting I chose to switch to Dynamic 25 just to eliminate the possibility of focusing on the lamppost. However, it really didn't make a difference sooc. I no sooner got back in the car when I saw a huge shadow move across the hood. Looking up there was the hawk being dive bombed by both birds. I wish I could have gotten a photo. Of course I had just put the camera down - and was looking at the back of the hawk so wouldn't have been much of a view anyway. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]358736[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hark, post: 762158, member: 13196"] After I finished taking test shots, I reset my camera settings back to where I usually keep them (f/7.1 and shutter speed of 1/2000") and placed the camera on the seat next to me. I barely made it out of the park when I saw a bird going after a Red-Tailed Hawk. So I quickly pulled over, grabbed my camera, and walked to the back of the car. Of course I forgot to stop down to f/8 or more...oops. There were two birds right there so I simply fired off a shot. This was the first image and the only one with two birds going after the hawk - and surprisingly two different species. [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]358732._xfImport[/ATTACH] I just kept shooting and wound up with at least 100 images all of which are somewhat soft. :rolleyes: And of course they all show signs of being over sharpened after editing. :sorrow: By this time, I had remembered to stop down to f/9. [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]358733._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]358734._xfImport[/ATTACH] Stopped down even more to f/10. [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]358735._xfImport[/ATTACH] Usually I enable all my focus points by using Dynamic 153, but close to the end of shooting I chose to switch to Dynamic 25 just to eliminate the possibility of focusing on the lamppost. However, it really didn't make a difference sooc. I no sooner got back in the car when I saw a huge shadow move across the hood. Looking up there was the hawk being dive bombed by both birds. I wish I could have gotten a photo. Of course I had just put the camera down - and was looking at the back of the hawk so wouldn't have been much of a view anyway. ;) [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]358736._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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