Birds in flight! Post 'em!

Excellent shot!

Wow!! The bird is looking dead at you! Great shot!!

Osprey

Comin at ya!

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biggles2002 wrote in post #19399936
I have similar setup:
C2:
#. I have set it to wide zone and case 4
#. "AF-ON" to eye AF
#. "*" button set to center AF the one with expanded focus point

what AF case do you use and have you tweaked the settings?

I guess I should go look and see. When I first got the camera I researched "the best settings", but it was somewhat confusing and I wasn't seeing any real difference in results.

Canon Chuck wrote in post #19400003
Love this image! Great shot!!

Thanks Chuck.

Canon Chuck wrote in post #19400046
Excellent shot!

Thanks.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19399904
Crack'in shot, Ken!

Thanks! it was two days of over 30k steps (between 2 locations) looking for anything interesting! (oh, and after tons of mosquito bites ) This was around 8pm when we finally spotted her!

Pardon the amateur/newbie question...I get the wide zone AF, but what do you mean by "case 4"?

TheShutterMonkey wrote in post #19400120
Thanks! it was two days of over 30k steps (between 2 locations) looking for anything interesting! (oh, and after tons of mosquito bites ) This was around 8pm when we finally spotted her!

Proof that hard work pay off, Ken. That's why you post so many beautiful shots!

hobs1466 wrote in post #19400125
Pardon the amateur/newbie question...I get the wide zone AF, but what do you mean by "case 4"?

hobs...In the camera menu, go to the purple set-up, and then select the #3 AF. This purple set-up shows the different cases you can choose from to get the best chances of capturing the target you are trying to photograph. I've tried them all (1 thru 4). I've finally gone to the Auto choice, and believe it or not, it works pretty well for me.

shooz wrote in post #19399974

Northern gannet, Newfoundland

Terrific capture of the Northern gannet in flight, Dave! It certainly stands out nicely from the background.

Pippan wrote in post #19399989
Female Rainbow Bee-eater launches herself to hunt dragonflies over the water of the Wangi Falls plunge pool yesterday.

Gallery photo (hosted):
posted by Pippan originally in forum: Birds

You really captured this rainbow bee-eater very nicely, Pippan! Great work!

sogs wrote in post #19400053
Osprey

Incredibly nice shot of this osprey with a hefty looking fish, sogs. And he's even banded.

Itsed65 wrote in post #19400066
Comin at ya!

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Flying Duck by lennycarl08, on Flickr

Terrific flight capture of this incoming mallard, Ed! Tack sharp.

sidknee wrote in post #19400170

Gallery photo:
posted by sidknee originally in forum: Birds

Atlantic puffin

Awesome capture, Sid! I love it.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19400202
hobs...In the camera menu, go to the purple set-up, and then select the #3 AF. This purple set-up shows the different cases you can choose from to get the best chances of capturing the target you are trying to photograph. I've tried them all (1 thru 4). I've finally gone to the Auto choice, and believe it or not, it works pretty well for me.

My summary of the explanations in the manual: the auto setting will almost never be optimal, but it will seldom be far off. Choosing case X will be better in certain situation, but worse in others. I’m not smart enough to second guess the camera.

Least Tern.