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<blockquote data-quote="Pijnacker01" data-source="post: 273116" data-attributes="member: 17003">Was chanced upon this lovely white heron, who was actually hanging out with a grey heron (as you can see in the video below), here in South Holland when I was able to grab this shot with my Nikon D7000 with a Sigma 50/500 lens. The first one as the second picture, is far from 100% perfect, but that is when I really realized how difficult capturing birds in flight is. Couple that with the importance, of course, of the settings for the given conditions... (Tips on settings and what not, ALWAYS welcomed!) This all said, I was ecstatic with the moment and was glad just to be able to get off a few shots of this lovely, large bird:[ATTACH]75680[/ATTACH][ATTACH]75679[/ATTACH]Here is a HD video I was also able to capture and that works better for me!<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd3gpbHlj7w" target="_blank">Vogel Natuurpark Pijnacker - YouTube</a>[MEDIA=youtube]fd3gpbHlj7w[/MEDIA]Cheers,Pijnacker01</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pijnacker01, post: 273116, member: 17003"] Was chanced upon this lovely white heron, who was actually hanging out with a grey heron (as you can see in the video below), here in South Holland when I was able to grab this shot with my Nikon D7000 with a Sigma 50/500 lens. The first one as the second picture, is far from 100% perfect, but that is when I really realized how difficult capturing birds in flight is. Couple that with the importance, of course, of the settings for the given conditions... (Tips on settings and what not, ALWAYS welcomed!) This all said, I was ecstatic with the moment and was glad just to be able to get off a few shots of this lovely, large bird: [ATTACH=CONFIG]75680._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]75679._xfImport[/ATTACH] Here is a HD video I was also able to capture and that works better for me! [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd3gpbHlj7w"]Vogel Natuurpark Pijnacker - YouTube[/URL] [MEDIA=youtube]fd3gpbHlj7w[/MEDIA] Cheers, Pijnacker01 [/QUOTE]

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