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snooked · Feb 5, 2008, 4:50 PM

Is this a Night Heron? I am used to seeing them hunched upon the ground.

K10D, Tokina 80-400mm with 1.5 Teleconverter.

Ed

snooked · Feb 5, 2008, 4:51 PM

Wading.

snooked · Feb 5, 2008, 4:52 PM

Fishing

snooked · Feb 5, 2008, 4:53 PM

Hiding

bigdawg · Feb 5, 2008, 5:29 PM

Ed...From one Ed to another...I like that first one!

Driver3 · Feb 5, 2008, 7:15 PM

Ed, that's a common tern.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAbou...mmon_Tern.html

The other one is a tri-colored heron.

Dennis

penolta · Feb 6, 2008, 11:21 AM

Actually, No.1 is a Caspian Tern. The common tern is smaller, more slender, and has a deeply forked tail. The Caspian is larger, bulkier, and has a heavier bill.

Good shot, too.

bruder · Feb 6, 2008, 1:23 PM

Nice. How did you get that first picture in focus? Did you prefocus or focus in flight? Were you using a tripod or monopod?

I've been taking some shots at the local pond and I find the flying birds extremely difficult to capture in focus. Whenever I see a good shot I wonder how it was taken.

THanks.
--John

snooked · Feb 6, 2008, 4:18 PM

Birds in flight takes patience. You need to experiment with settings. There is no perfection, there will be plenty of out of focus shots. I use continuous focus due to constant change. I use F8 to F11 to add some depth of field. I use 400 to 800 ISO to give me speed with the smaller aperture. The focus point depends on the background, multipoint can work on clear sky, center focus for congested background.

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snooked Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,411	Is this a Night Heron? I am used to seeing them hunched upon the ground. K10D, Tokina 80-400mm with 1.5 Teleconverter. Ed Attached Images

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Feb 5, 2008, 5:29 PM	#5
bigdawg Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Thach Alabama Posts: 14,981	Ed...From one Ed to another...I like that first one!

Feb 5, 2008, 7:15 PM	#6
Driver3 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 481	Ed, that's a common tern. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAbou...mmon_Tern.html The other one is a tri-colored heron. Dennis

Feb 6, 2008, 11:21 AM	#7
penolta Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: California USA Posts: 5,206	Actually, No.1 is a Caspian Tern. The common tern is smaller, more slender, and has a deeply forked tail. The Caspian is larger, bulkier, and has a heavier bill. Good shot, too.

Feb 6, 2008, 1:23 PM	#8
bruder Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 93	Nice. How did you get that first picture in focus? Did you prefocus or focus in flight? Were you using a tripod or monopod? I've been taking some shots at the local pond and I find the flying birds extremely difficult to capture in focus. Whenever I see a good shot I wonder how it was taken. THanks. --John

Feb 6, 2008, 4:18 PM	#9
snooked Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,411	Birds in flight takes patience. You need to experiment with settings. There is no perfection, there will be plenty of out of focus shots. I use continuous focus due to constant change. I use F8 to F11 to add some depth of field. I use 400 to 800 ISO to give me speed with the smaller aperture. The focus point depends on the background, multipoint can work on clear sky, center focus for congested background.