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    Not much happening on the beach this morning and there was a very strong, contrasty contra-jour light which didn't help but I managed a few shots with the EM-1 + 75-300 mk2 that I thought may be of interest

    What do you reckon, worth the effort or should I learn when to give up?

    A 100% crop of a fast flying Redshank, I only just managed to catch this one in the EVF its was so far distant



    This Pied Wagtail was sat on a boat and just about covered a single focus point (large) in the EVF but I got a lock on it. Then it decided to take off so I thought, got to have a go (another 100% crop)



    I spotted this cormorant fishing and decided to bang off a few shots with SAF + 10fps to see if I could catch it doing anything interesting. This was just as it started its take off run, the shutter speed is too low (1/500th sec) and the lighting was, as you can see, dire but I though it gave an impression of the frantic efforts these things make to get of the water



    The next one was all about timing (the light was good in this direction)



    The final one is for the romantics amongst us, these two young Swans were deeply involved in pair bonding with some lovely mirroring (they hadn't quite got the hang of the "Love Heart" yet but they are only kids )


  • #2
    Re: A few more, difficult birding shots

    Mods, I meant to put this up in Foto Fair, any chance you could move it for me please

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    • #3
      Re: A few more, difficult birding shots

      Great shots Brian as we have come to expect from you.

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      • #4
        Re: A few more, difficult birding shots

        You certainly seem to have mastered the knack of capturing birds on the move. More great shots Brian.

        Ron

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          Re: A few more, difficult birding shots

          Originally posted by brian1208 View Post
          Mods, I meant to put this up in Foto Fair, any chance you could move it for me please
          No prob! Great shots too!!
          John

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          • #6
            Re: A few more, difficult birding shots

            All good shots hang in there.
            Ed

            Live life in the slow lane.

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            • #7
              Re: A few more, difficult birding shots

              All super shots Brian. I find the longest shutter speed I can cope with for moving birds is 1/1250th which does, I admit, limit my capabilities of getting many images in the British Winter. If you link that to the fact that many birds are only really active at Dawn and Dusk then hibernation may be the best option for British bird photographers!

              David
              PBase Galleries:-http://www.pbase.com/davidmorisonimages

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