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Birds In Flight

coker
Posted 20/09/2017 - 10:06 Link
At Blashford Lakes NR, Hampshire, yesterday morning.

All K5, Sigma 15-500 @ about 450.
TAV mode 1/2000th. F8, manual focus, continuous shooting (hi)


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Thanks for looking, any thoughts most welcome!

Roger.
The more I look, the more there is to see!
Daronl
Posted 20/09/2017 - 10:48 Link
Nice work for sure, well done.

Regards
Daronl
Mike-P
Posted 20/09/2017 - 12:01 Link
Hey that's my local haunt

Like the second one, would have been nice to have caught it trailing the wing through the water though
coker
Posted 20/09/2017 - 12:24 Link
Thanks, Daron.

Yes Mike, it would have been, wouldn't it.......

but...

"Miracles worked daily.
The impossible takes a little longer!"

Roger.
The more I look, the more there is to see!
RobL
Posted 20/09/2017 - 17:14 Link
Agree, no. 2 is good with the reflection and I also really like no. 6, nice grouping.
Mike-P
Posted 20/09/2017 - 17:16 Link
coker wrote:
Thanks, Daron.

Yes Mike, it would have been, wouldn't it.......

Hey, you said my thoughts would be most welcome ... I can't help thinking the impossible
pschlute
Posted 20/09/2017 - 18:16 Link
Nice, especially the first of the geese photos
Edited by pschlute: 20/09/2017 - 18:17
coker
Posted 20/09/2017 - 19:19 Link
Thanks, Rob & Peter.

Oh, all right then, Mike.........
As it's you!




Roger.
The more I look, the more there is to see!
Kevriano
Posted 20/09/2017 - 19:42 Link
Excellent shots. Curious, what ISO please?
K3, K3 II, 100MM 2.8 Macro, Sigma 10-20 3.5, Sigma 17-50 2.8, Nikon D7500, Tamron 150 600 G2
cardiffgareth
Posted 20/09/2017 - 19:57 Link
I'm also preferring the Canadian Geese
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coker
Posted 20/09/2017 - 20:36 Link
Cheers Gareth & Kev.

They're all iso 800, Kev, apart from no1, which was 1000.
(All are crops.)

Thanks for looking,

Roger.
The more I look, the more there is to see!
Edited by coker: 20/09/2017 - 20:37
Kevriano
Posted 20/09/2017 - 21:25 Link
coker wrote:
Cheers Gareth & Kev.

They're all iso 800, Kev, apart from no1, which was 1000.
(All are crops.)

Thanks for looking,

Roger.

Cheers. Good shooting. I never use TAV, but you got some good shutter speeds there for a relatively low ISO. 800 is as high as I like to shoot.
K3, K3 II, 100MM 2.8 Macro, Sigma 10-20 3.5, Sigma 17-50 2.8, Nikon D7500, Tamron 150 600 G2
Stuey
Posted 20/09/2017 - 21:53 Link
Nice shots ☺

Did no one tell you that you can't shoot birds in flight, sports or anything faster than a sloth with a Pentax 😂

Being more serious these shots are very good 👍👍
K10D, K5 plus plenty of clueless enthusiasm.

My Flickr site link
coker
Posted 20/09/2017 - 22:35 Link
Yes Stuey, I think I've heard something along those lines about Pentax.......
....& yes, I've missed a few shots through slow af.

But if I can manage to focus a macro lens manually, it's only the same but a bit faster, isn't it?

The bonus is , as I found out yesterday, is that in manual focus, switched on the camera body, a much faster firing rate is achieved in continuous shooting...

so, any tardiness in focus can be compensated by a greater burst rate, in that one may go through the focus-point, then back through it again, but (in simple terms), one will have two good shots.

This wasn't thought through before the session but examining the results led me to the conclusion above.

This could, perhaps, be further refined by the use of C-I-F as well.....?
Looking forward to the next decent light day already!

Any ( non-miraculous/ impossible) thoughts, anyone?

Roger.
The more I look, the more there is to see!
Stuey
Posted 20/09/2017 - 22:45 Link
Hi Roger

I couldn't resist mentioning at - I have managed birds in flight, football, rallying, motorcycle racing etc - I don't have any complaints with regard to it ☺

Af or mf both are achievable imho 👍
K10D, K5 plus plenty of clueless enthusiasm.

My Flickr site link

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