Few In-Flight

My 70-200 kind of limits me .

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dancinec wrote in post #2987525
You have done very well with your 200. Excellent in flight shots.

Thanks.
I should get bread or something to attract them. I want to try shooting pigeons in flight and more birds beyond seagulls, but my 200 seems to be difficult to work with. I try to get as close to them as possible, especially when shooting them on the ground.

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Rk2 wrote in post #2988587
These are great to flight shots..
Well done

Thanks.

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pttenn wrote in post #2989318
Doesn't look limited to me...terrific shots!
Karen

My keeper ratio for seagulls should not be nearly this low. It is user fault, my 70-200 would be fine if I was a more skilled birder I guess, and knew how to track them better.
However, the 70-200 I don't think will go too far in the world of birding, with a lack of range.

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Miniflash wrote in post #2990160
Awesome pics !

Thanks .

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GyRob wrote in post #2990129
the good thing going for you is greater dof with the 200mm No3 is great and sharp all over so thats in you favour -reach is a problem but then dof is tiny with 300-400- 500mm .
even slow moving gull's are hard to get spot on focus regardless of gear used so your doing well with shots like this i dump 95% of my inflights shot/s but i exspect this as the way it is.
Rob

Glad to hear even the Good guys have shots they have to dump!
Karen

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pttenn wrote in post #2990379
Glad to hear even the Good guys have shots they have to dump!
Karen

My keeper rate is probably less then 2-3% for these guys. It's just damn difficult to track birds, atleast for me.

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canonloader wrote in post #2987484
Limits you to what? These are excellent shots.

Exactly what Mitch said!! well done.

Trevor Wadman

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JaGWiRE wrote in post #2991250
My keeper rate is probably less then 2-3% for these guys. It's just damn difficult to track birds, atleast for me.

i think it is for everyone even my mk2 and 300f2.8 isL miss far more that i want yet it's said to be the fastest focusing setup in the world but trying to keep center point on a bird's head is almost inposible i think a lot of Luck is involved and take lots of shot's .
often the focus point hits the body but DOF on a long tele will not cover head and body unless its a bird side onto you the problem then is the AF point hits the wing so the wing's sharp and nothing else -no its not easy .
Rob.

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