POST YOUR BIRDS IN FLIGHT !!!

Lame-Duck wrote in post #18845056
That's a primo shot of a swallow in flight, Shalu. Great work.

Thank you very much, Mike!

black-crowned night heron jumping off

shalu wrote in post #18845151
Thank you very much, Mike!

black-crowned night heron jumping off

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Excellent capture, Shalu. Your timing was right on.

Pagman wrote in post #18843056
Re done that gull shot as I had some issues with weird highlights.

P.

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Yeah strong sun is a problem with these I find unless it is well behind the lens, else you get strong contrast issues.

shalu wrote in post #18843286
wow, very nice formation, like some Air Show!

Haha. Thank you very much, Mike!

Fantastic SHC shot, Bryan!

White-tailed kite food exchange close up (cropped from 24MP to 3MP). First time using stacked TC for BIF shot.

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Gah, I give up!

That's amazing Shalu.

A few that got lost on my hard drive

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paul katinas wrote in post #18844326
Black-Crowned Night Heron with nesting material
Snapped west coast Florida.
Happy trails

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Those are very nice. I think I know where you took these, I was there last February!

Ed

Lame-Duck wrote in post #18845052
Really nice, Mike.

Thanks Mike!

Archibald wrote in post #18845113
Wow, flying and with a snail.

Thank you Archibald. I got lucky with this one as it was in the morning with storms in the area so the light was not good and I was just happy to get it in focus with such low shutter speed.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #18845183
Excellent capture, Shalu. Your timing was right on.

thank you so much, Mike!
Tree swallow

Lester Wareham wrote in post #18845297
Gah, I give up!

That's amazing Shalu.

Thank you very much, Lester!

I know that I have made a mess of this one, but I would like advice.

I had been testing my lens at various apertures using a map and I left it set on f32.
I had also previously set my camera to be able to over ride the ISO setting in certain circumstances.
I used aperture priority for this shot.

I was walking on my normal morning walk crossing a pedestrian bridge over the mouth of the River Doon.
As I reached the bridge 2 swans started to fly towards me under the bridge. I had time only to grab this shot and got the second swan, but highlights are seriously blown.
The shot was taken at ISO 12800, and f32.
What lessons do I learn from this?

Boatman1 wrote in post #18845412
I know that I have made a mess of this one, but I would like advice.

I had been testing my lens at various apertures using a map and I left it set on f32.
I had also previously set my camera to be able to over ride the ISO setting in certain circumstances.
I used aperture priority for this shot.

I was walking on my normal morning walk crossing a pedestrian bridge over the mouth of the River Doon.
As I reached the bridge 2 swans started to fly towards me under the bridge. I had time only to grab this shot and got the second swan, but highlights are seriously blown.
The shot was taken at ISO 12800, and f32.
What lessons do I learn from this?

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Thanks

Lol! When a moment presents itself, just shoot.

Lester Wareham wrote in post #18845296
Yeah strong sun is a problem with these I find unless it is well behind the lens, else you get strong contrast issues.

Thank you lester.

P.

Boatman1 wrote in post #18845412
I know that I have made a mess of this one, but I would like advice.

I had been testing my lens at various apertures using a map and I left it set on f32.
I had also previously set my camera to be able to over ride the ISO setting in certain circumstances.
I used aperture priority for this shot.

I was walking on my normal morning walk crossing a pedestrian bridge over the mouth of the River Doon.
As I reached the bridge 2 swans started to fly towards me under the bridge. I had time only to grab this shot and got the second swan, but highlights are seriously blown.
The shot was taken at ISO 12800, and f32.
What lessons do I learn from this?

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Thanks

Two important things with this pic that would affect the IQ - Lens diffraction limit f32 is too high should be between f8/f11 on that lens/body for best IQ and also 300mm on that lens is not renowned for being tack sharp, if you could wind it back to 200mm it would help a lot.

Hope this helps.

P.

Giant Kingfisher emerging from the water without a fish

Boatman1 wrote in post #18845412
I know that I have made a mess of this one, but I would like advice.

I had been testing my lens at various apertures using a map and I left it set on f32.
I had also previously set my camera to be able to over ride the ISO setting in certain circumstances.
I used aperture priority for this shot.

I was walking on my normal morning walk crossing a pedestrian bridge over the mouth of the River Doon.
As I reached the bridge 2 swans started to fly towards me under the bridge. I had time only to grab this shot and got the second swan, but highlights are seriously blown.
The shot was taken at ISO 12800, and f32.
What lessons do I learn from this?

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Thanks

"Check your camera settings before you leave the parking lot": Arthur Morris

Canon has a series of how to videos (also on YouTube) by Artie that are pure gold for useful tips:
https://www.youtube.co​m …anki8a3f-cHV7FLYWDGmJZDwI