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Comment by Spad posted on Shooting Birds.... The feathered kind! at 21/07/2009 - 15:39
BUGGER!!!
I would of been a week ago... before I got mine! Altho I did get a good deal. It was one a customer had and it went back for repair and I got it for £550 and I am very happy with it!
I would of been a week ago... before I got mine! Altho I did get a good deal. It was one a customer had and it went back for repair and I got it for £550 and I am very happy with it!
Comment by Spad posted on Shooting Birds.... The feathered kind! at 21/07/2009 - 14:35
I live over in Buxton. Altho I go to and thru Chesterfield quite a lot as I have a good mate who lives there and also my sister and dad live in Bolsover!
Comment by Spad posted on Shooting Birds.... The feathered kind! at 21/07/2009 - 14:22
Amazing shots there Scot!
I have a IST-DL (will be soon upgrading to a K20D) and a Sigma 150-500mm. I think maybe my trouble is running maybe to slow on the shutter speed! I have been aiming for 1/250 to maybe 1/500. When shooting fast gets i rarely go above 1/500! Maybe I am getting camera shake because of so much panning?
I took these 2 at RAF Valley and were taken using 1/125 shutter speed but like I said they fly a very predictable path:
I have a IST-DL (will be soon upgrading to a K20D) and a Sigma 150-500mm. I think maybe my trouble is running maybe to slow on the shutter speed! I have been aiming for 1/250 to maybe 1/500. When shooting fast gets i rarely go above 1/500! Maybe I am getting camera shake because of so much panning?
I took these 2 at RAF Valley and were taken using 1/125 shutter speed but like I said they fly a very predictable path:
Comment by Spad posted on Shooting Birds.... The feathered kind! at 21/07/2009 - 13:58
Hey Guys...
This is my first post! I am not a big poster...
Was wondering if I could pick the brains of your collective experience?
I am from an action back ground of mainly shooting cars, bikes and fast jets but I cannot for the life of me get a good shot of a bird in flight because they are so unpredictable!
I was wondering the what's the best way to capture one in flight? I am ok with exposure but it's just getting one into sharp focus. Am I best doing pre-empted focusing and then just following the bird in flight until I get it in focus and then snapping a shot off? With fast jets I can use quite slow shutter speeds and blurring the back ground but fast jets fly a very predictable flight path and are relatively easy to get a good shot of... well they are for me I have been shooting them since I was 10!
Any help would be much appreciated!
Ian
This is my first post! I am not a big poster...
Was wondering if I could pick the brains of your collective experience?
I am from an action back ground of mainly shooting cars, bikes and fast jets but I cannot for the life of me get a good shot of a bird in flight because they are so unpredictable!
I was wondering the what's the best way to capture one in flight? I am ok with exposure but it's just getting one into sharp focus. Am I best doing pre-empted focusing and then just following the bird in flight until I get it in focus and then snapping a shot off? With fast jets I can use quite slow shutter speeds and blurring the back ground but fast jets fly a very predictable flight path and are relatively easy to get a good shot of... well they are for me I have been shooting them since I was 10!
Any help would be much appreciated!
Ian
Comment by Spad posted on Shooting Birds.... The feathered kind! at 21/07/2009 - 13:38
Following on from the OP question
The last few nights I have enjoyed watching the Bats that put on a rather superb aerobatic display in the lane next to my house
Do you reckon there is any AF system that could track them? Suppose the next question is, could they actually be photographed especially in the low light conditions?
Cheers
Rich
If I can manage to get a Lesser Kestrel and European Roller in mid air fight using AF on the K20D on continous shoot than I think you should have a go at the bats. The only problem would be the light.
J