Oriental Pratincole in flight

Here's sharing a Glaerola maldivarum in full speed flight over Candaba wetlands (Philippines)....

20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, f/9, 1/1250 sec, ISO 400, AI servo

Magnificent shot Romy, the Glareola maldivarum (Oriental Pratincole)
is a superb beautiful bird and captured here in-flight is excellent. Lovely colours even on the underside. Great catch-light on the eye too.
Nice one, well done.

well caught, lovely shot

I'm speachless, bravo Romy. Simply stunning in every way, excellent.

WOW. What a stunning shot.

What a wonderful image, colours and sharpness are fabulous.

A1 servo worked a treat for this shot

Linda

Nice one Romy andd I never do this to you but that shadow on the face is a little distracting... sorry buddy.

PS. way better than any shot I have ever taken..

WOW!!! Beautiful capture as always Romy.

Just... wow!!

sweet capture!

AMAZING!!!

Well done Romy , a lovely crisp picture nice catch light in the eye.

cannylad

Thanks, everybody....

reewik wrote in post #2199946
Nice one Romy andd I never do this to you but that shadow on the face is a little distracting... sorry buddy.

PS. way better than any shot I have ever taken..

Eric, comments well taken, the direction of the sun was not working for me.....

Here's the same bird 2 frames earlier.... amazing AI servo performance of the 20D at f/8 considering that I've pushed it beyond its AF specs, ain't it?

The wonderful orange color under the wing is missing in the second image but i still prefer the second as it clarifies for me excatly how the bird's head looks. Wonderful captures. I take it the tamron allows you to autofocus...how much does it slow the AF on the 400? I am asking because the Canon 1.4 with the pins taped just doesn't work for me and I have to keep manually focussing so I am considering the Tamron.

Gary Fairhead wrote in post #2202585
The wonderful orange color under the wing is missing in the second image but i still prefer the second as it clarifies for me excatly how the bird's head looks. Wonderful captures. I take it the tamron allows you to autofocus...how much does it slow the AF on the 400? I am asking because the Canon 1.4 with the pins taped just doesn't work for me and I have to keep manually focussing so I am considering the Tamron.

Thanks, Gary.... the bare 400 is of course faster, but with the standard Tamron 1.4x, it's still fast enough. The bird posted is a very fast flier and it was coming just at a slight angle to my position.

Just from field feel, I'd say the AI servo speed of the 20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x with the focus limiter set at the farther setting is about the same as the 20D + 100-400 IS at 400 mm, with the focus limiter set to 1.8m-infinity on the latter.

Romy