I haven't really been paying much attention the last few days, been too busy with other stuff, but this is really impressive Andy. Makes me think of some medieval monarch.
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I like that shot,maybe a little too much side lighting for the left side, but easy to fix in PP. The black background is still dramatic. I also like the baby one on picassa. Even if it's not pausing as much it's got those googley eyes of a baby. Your flight shots however somehow haven't turned out though they have lots of potential. They don't seem as sharp.
Your flight shots however somehow haven't turned out though they have lots of potential. They don't seem as sharp.
It's getting more tricky as we head towards the shortest day - not quite enough light for reliable AF - you can see from some of the shots the ISO is higher than I would like and the shutter speed under the 1/800s minimum I would normally prefer for this sort of shot. Most of the picasa shots are of the barn owls. They are tricky for the AF, not because they are fast, more because of their mainly white bodies that don't give enough contrast for a good, reliable lock. They also have the habit of doing short, 'flittery' flights, like a butterfly, that isn't easy to pan on. All that said, this shot of the saker-lanner-lugger trifalcon is pretty sharp (going at about 60mph 10m away):
Overall, I tend to find the reliability of birds-in-flight shots is 70% down to how well I'm feeling - how near to my chemo day (Mondays), how many dihydrocodeine I've had to take (they slow you down!), and how tired I am. Just a word of warning on picasa in general, when you press the magnifying glass to zoom in and see the detail, I've noticed it often doesn't load the hi-res picture, just shows you a not very sharp larger version of the un-zoomed picture - but I don't think that has happened here.
My daughter wants a trip out there tomorrow, so I might get a bit more lucky!
I also like the baby one on picassa. Even if it's not pausing as much it's got those googley eyes of a baby.
I think you mean this one:
He's a Kestrel, the second smallest British falcon (the smallest is the Merlin). It looks like a female, but he just needs another year to get his adult male colouring, although he is full-size (as Kestrels go, he's not a big one).
I like that shot,maybe a little too much side lighting for the left side, but easy to fix in PP. The black background is still dramatic.
I preferred the first one - this one was nice for the scary expression, but, I agree, not as technically good. I haven't really done much with it in PP yet...
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