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bigdawg · Feb 8, 2008, 1:47 PM

Very hard to get a small bird in flight but this was a lucky day.

Dawg

Driver3 · Feb 8, 2008, 2:23 PM

That cardinal was moving out! You need some serious shutter speed for that one!.

The others are looking really good!! Amazing what a little sunlight will do!

Dennis

danielchtong · Feb 8, 2008, 5:04 PM

bigdawg wrote:

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Very hard to get a small bird in flight but this was a lucky day.

Dawg

At 1/350s and the extreme of your zoom, what you have got is more than a great shot. I always say when you target for BIF (over 1/2000s) , you have no time to switch back to stationary shot and vice versa.

A BIF pict for either cardinal or chickadee or sparrow or blue jay is something that I am working on. But in this weather.....Hm

Daniel

bigdawg · Feb 8, 2008, 6:28 PM

It won't be that long till Spring Daniel...I'm looking forward to it as much as you guys up North!

Dawg

danielchtong wrote:

Quote:

bigdawg wrote:

Quote:

Very hard to get a small bird in flight but this was a lucky day.

Dawg

At 1/350s and the extreme of your zoom, what you have got is more than a great shot. I always say when you target for BIF (over 1/2000s) , you have no time to switch back to stationary shot and vice versa.

A BIF pict for either cardinal or chickadee or sparrow or blue jay is something that I am working on. But in this weather.....Hm

Daniel

danielchtong · Apr 15, 2008, 9:55 PM

Got some slower sparrow shot only. Apparently bird migration back to TO has not started yet.

It looks different as I shoot jpg and I had my pro1 CP on. Yery odd color rendition.

Daniel

brokenbokeh · Apr 15, 2008, 11:07 PM

Little birdy action shots, nicely done, sirs.

Danielchtong, I really like the interaction between the sparrows.

Sometimes, you just need to get lucky...

brokenbokeh · Apr 15, 2008, 11:09 PM

Here's a 100% crop, no resize.

Gumnut · Apr 15, 2008, 11:19 PM

nice try

showing lots of movement

i am guessing it was to far away for a bit of fill flash?

once i get consistant stationary birds i will try flying ones

maybe

Trojansoc · Apr 16, 2008, 6:34 AM

Some really nice flight shots by all concerned. I've gotten a few of them over time with the little guys, but you really have to be lucky.

About the best I've gotten with a relatively small bird was this blue jay taking off on a gray morning back in December. Taken with the Phoenix 100-400 at 1/4000 @ f6.7, ISO 1600.

brokenbokeh · Apr 16, 2008, 9:24 AM

That's a pretty good shot, Trojansoc. Like you said, for most of us we need to get lucky to capture a small bird in flight (sBID?) They move so quickly...

Gumnut, I was about 30 ft away from my shot, and also at way too fast of a shutter for fill flash to be a possibility.

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Feb 8, 2008, 1:47 PM	#1
bigdawg Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Thach Alabama Posts: 14,981	Very hard to get a small bird in flight but this was a lucky day. Dawg

Feb 8, 2008, 2:23 PM	#2
Driver3 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 481	That cardinal was moving out! You need some serious shutter speed for that one!. The others are looking really good!! Amazing what a little sunlight will do! Dennis

Apr 15, 2008, 9:55 PM	#5
danielchtong Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,893	Got some slower sparrow shot only. Apparently bird migration back to TO has not started yet. It looks different as I shoot jpg and I had my pro1 CP on. Yery odd color rendition. Daniel

Apr 15, 2008, 11:19 PM	#8
Gumnut Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 1,259	nice try showing lots of movement i am guessing it was to far away for a bit of fill flash? once i get consistant stationary birds i will try flying ones maybe

Apr 16, 2008, 6:34 AM	#9
Trojansoc Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hot Springs, AR Posts: 3,724	Some really nice flight shots by all concerned. I've gotten a few of them over time with the little guys, but you really have to be lucky. About the best I've gotten with a relatively small bird was this blue jay taking off on a gray morning back in December. Taken with the Phoenix 100-400 at 1/4000 @ f6.7, ISO 1600.

Apr 16, 2008, 9:24 AM	#10
brokenbokeh Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 195	That's a pretty good shot, Trojansoc. Like you said, for most of us we need to get lucky to capture a small bird in flight (sBID?) They move so quickly... Gumnut, I was about 30 ft away from my shot, and also at way too fast of a shutter for fill flash to be a possibility.