Post your Birds in Flight

[weebee]

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I wish the focus was faster (or sure, blame it on the camera. . . )

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Popular lamp post by the look.

 

[pictaker64]

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Blue Heron

 

[wev]

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Quite the aerial ruckus today with a worry of crows trying to drive off a hawk

I only got a couple of shots in before they circled into the sun, but the best I've ever managed

 

[Marilynne]

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Quite the aerial ruckus today with a worry of crows trying to drive off a hawk

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I only got a couple of shots in before they circled into the sun, but the best I've ever managed

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Really nice shots!!

 

[wev]

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Really nice shots!!

Thanks. I shot these while trying AF-C. Given that I am not using the fastest body or lens, it does seems to give soft images, unless the object is still enough to just use AF-S.

 

[Mike D90]

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@Marilynne what shutter speed, ISO and aperture were you at when you shot the hawk?

 

[wev]

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@Marilynne what shutter speed, ISO and aperture were you at when you shot the hawk?

ah, did you mean me?

1/500, 100 iso, f5.6 -- that's what I had set for what I was doing before the battle and didn't have time to change anything.

 

[Mike D90]

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ah, did you mean me?

1/500, 100 iso, f5.6 -- that's what I had set for what I was doing before the battle and didn't have time to change anything.

Sorry, yes. I got lost in all the "reply with quote" repeating all the photos.

Yeah, with that slow a shutter speed you will never get a crisp BIF shot of any kind if you are using a zoom lens.

 

[wev]

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Ah yes, time. The eternal enemy.

 

[nikonpup]

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i heard him take off.....

 

[wev]

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The first group I am really pretty pleased with

 

[grandpaw]

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The first group I am really pretty pleased with

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You have some very nice shots here!!! I think the first one is my favorite.

 

[wev]

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Thanks, me too, so it got pride of place

 

[wev]

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I went out to take a picture of a big moth floating about in the setting sun and got this instead

 

[Marilynne]

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i heard him take off.....

It must have been a very noisy liftoff. Nice shots.

 

[weebee]

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[wev]

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Does a hop count as 'in flight'?

 

[RON_RIP]

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Heck yes

 

[Lawrence]

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Great shots @weebee

 

[weebee]

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Thanks Lawrence!