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Marilynne

Marilynne

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casablues said:
Nice job Marilynne - My picks are #3, 6 and 7. Pic #6 showing the heron in flight with its reflection in the water is especially eye-catching.
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Thanks Vin! It was a frustrating class. The instructor had a Canon and I was totally confused, but I managed to get through it and get some good shots (at least I think so). I also think I'm getting better.
 
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Sambr

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Marilynne said:
Behind Bethesda West in Boynton Beach
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Great shot :)
 
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grandpaw

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I like BIF shots and am always trying to get better shots every time I go shooting. What I do is every time I go out, no matter what kind of bird it is or which direction it is flying I try and take a picture of it even if I know it won't be any good just to get the practice of getting my single point of focus in the right place. I have see a lot of peoople wait until it is the bird they want and that it is flying in the right direction to start taking shots. This only gets you a bunch of bad shots of the images you really want. Why not practice getting your focus point in the right place on a subject that really doesn't matter to you instead of wasting your learning on the subject that do mean something to you. When you get home and look through the images it costs you nothing to delete them and you get in a lot of valuable practice.
 
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grandpaw said:
I like BIF shots and am always trying to get better shots every time I go shooting. What I do is every time I go out, no matter what kind of bird it is or which direction it is flying I try and take a picture of it even if I know it won't be any good just to get the practice of getting my single point of focus in the right place. I have see a lot of peoople wait until it is the bird they want and that it is flying in the right direction to start taking shots. This only gets you a bunch of bad shots of the images you really want. Why not practice getting your focus point in the right place on a subject that really doesn't matter to you instead of wasting your learning on the subject that do mean something to you. When you get home and look through the images it costs you nothing to delete them and you get in a lot of valuable practice.
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Very good advice :)
 
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grandpaw said:
I like BIF shots and am always trying to get better shots every time I go shooting. What I do is every time I go out, no matter what kind of bird it is or which direction it is flying I try and take a picture of it even if I know it won't be any good just to get the practice of getting my single point of focus in the right place. I have see a lot of peoople wait until it is the bird they want and that it is flying in the right direction to start taking shots. This only gets you a bunch of bad shots of the images you really want. Why not practice getting your focus point in the right place on a subject that really doesn't matter to you instead of wasting your learning on the subject that do mean something to you. When you get home and look through the images it costs you nothing to delete them and you get in a lot of valuable practice.
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Compliments to Marilynne, Grandpaw and all other BIF posters. When taking BIF shots, do you pan the subject or just shoot? I'm new to BIF photography.What's your technique?
 
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grandpaw said:
I like BIF shots and am always trying to get better shots every time I go shooting. What I do is every time I go out, no matter what kind of bird it is or which direction it is flying I try and take a picture of it even if I know it won't be any good just to get the practice of getting my single point of focus in the right place. I have see a lot of peoople wait until it is the bird they want and that it is flying in the right direction to start taking shots. This only gets you a bunch of bad shots of the images you really want. Why not practice getting your focus point in the right place on a subject that really doesn't matter to you instead of wasting your learning on the subject that do mean something to you. When you get home and look through the images it costs you nothing to delete them and you get in a lot of valuable practice.
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Jeff, Now I feel better!!! See I have just been practicing!!! :)

It is a good tip!

Pat in NH
 
Marilynne

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Phillydog1958 said:
Compliments to Marilynne, Grandpaw and all other BIF posters. When taking BIF shots, do you pan the subject or just shoot? I'm new to BIF photography.What's your technique?
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Thanks Phillydog! I do just like Jeff said, shoot and sort it out at home. If I see one coming at me from a distance, I'll track it and shoot. I get a lot of discards!
 
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grandpaw

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Phillydog1958 said:
Compliments to Marilynne, Grandpaw and all other BIF posters. When taking BIF shots, do you pan the subject or just shoot? I'm new to BIF photography.What's your technique?
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I do pan and find it much easier if you can see the bird farther away and follow it in and you will find you will have better luck. The longer the lens you use and the closer you are to the subject the more difficult it will be to get a focus lock. I quite often shoot hand held with a 70-200VR F2.8 with a 2x teleconverter and with the crop factor of 1.5 ends up being the equivalent of 600mm. If you have a lens that has a focus limiter on it be sure and turn it on so the lens doesn't have to go from one extreme to the other when getting focus.
 
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Alan

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Almost in flight. These little guys only fly at night and will dive under the water if they get scared. I have seen them go under and come up 50 yards away. Anyway this fellow was just drying off.

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Very nice shot!
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Thanks Jeff! They were all over Wako today. They really liked the wind currents. They would circle what we call "stork island" (lots of nesting going on there), then land, take off and do it again. There was someone there with a really huge lens on a tripod under the gazebo. When he saw me shooting away, he came out, looked up and moved his camera. Bet he got some really good close ups!!
 
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Deezey

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I finally got one!! Not the prettiest bird...and got it trying to pan in a wooded section, but here it is!

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casablues

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Thanks Grandpaw. I finally lucked out when the osprey started flying on my side of the lake. I also remembered to switch from AF-S to AF-C and I'm sure that helped.
 
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