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[Click]

Very nice series, scyrene. I especially like the last picture. Well done.

 

[candyman]

The common tern
7D mark II + 100-400 II @400mm (640)
1/3200, f/5.6 and ISO 400

 

[scyrene]

Very nice series, scyrene. I especially like the last picture. Well done.

Thanks Click!

 

[SevenDUser]

7d mk 2 500mm f/4 ii

 

[Jack Douglas]

7d mk 2 500mm f/4 ii

Very nice, but not for the mother.

Jack

 

[Click]

The common tern
7D mark II + 100-400 II @400mm (640)
1/3200, f/5.6 and ISO 400

Beautiful shot, candyman. Well done.

 

[bjd]

Oh what a moment to capture! Very nice.

We human mothers/fathers can take a lesson from the woodpecker.

Jack

What? you mean we should be out banging our heads against trees more ?


Thanks Jack

I hadn't thought of that. Maybe I should try it - I've heard the expression "to knock some sense into your head" ;D

Jack

Where I come from, Yorkshire, we've been trying that for years now.
I think its working

 

[bjd]

The common tern
7D mark II + 100-400 II @400mm (640)
1/3200, f/5.6 and ISO 400

Fabulous shot!!!!

 

[candyman]

Beautiful shot, candyman. Well done.

Thank you click

The common tern
7D mark II + 100-400 II @400mm (640)
1/3200, f/5.6 and ISO 400

Fabulous shot!!!!

Thanks bjd, much appreciated

 

[Jack Douglas]

Oh what a moment to capture! Very nice.

We human mothers/fathers can take a lesson from the woodpecker.

Jack

What? you mean we should be out banging our heads against trees more ?


Thanks Jack

I hadn't thought of that. Maybe I should try it - I've heard the expression "to knock some sense into your head" ;D

Jack

Where I come from, Yorkshire, we've been trying that for years now.
I think its working

So now I know why I have problems, my grandparents came from Yorks. Boosebeck.

Jack

 

[JMZawodny]

7d mk 2 500mm f/4 ii

Very nice, but not for the mother.

Jack

I'll second that! That is also a very large seagull.

 

[JMZawodny]

I had the chance to capture the photo of a lifetime (OK, I have low expectations) and blew it. I needed at least a 3x faster shutter speed to make this work. To be fair, things happened pretty darn fast. This would have been a really cool photo.

 

[Orangutan]

I had the chance to capture the photo of a lifetime (OK, I have low expectations) and blew it. I needed at least a 3x faster shutter speed to make this work. To be fair, things happened pretty darn fast. This would have been a really cool photo.

Nice try, though. Was that a Cooper's hawk on a starling?

 

[JMZawodny]

I had the chance to capture the photo of a lifetime (OK, I have low expectations) and blew it. I needed at least a 3x faster shutter speed to make this work. To be fair, things happened pretty darn fast. This would have been a really cool photo.

Nice try, though. Was that a Cooper's hawk on a starling?

A Cooper's on a robin fledgling. 700mm at 1/400 sec is not a recipe for success.

 

[Jack Douglas]

I had the chance to capture the photo of a lifetime (OK, I have low expectations) and blew it. I needed at least a 3x faster shutter speed to make this work. To be fair, things happened pretty darn fast. This would have been a really cool photo.

Nice try, though. Was that a Cooper's hawk on a starling?

A Cooper's on a robin fledgling. 700mm at 1/400 sec is not a recipe for success.

Ah, but you're supposed to be panning!

Jack

 

[Orangutan]

I had the chance to capture the photo of a lifetime (OK, I have low expectations) and blew it. I needed at least a 3x faster shutter speed to make this work. To be fair, things happened pretty darn fast. This would have been a really cool photo.

Nice try, though. Was that a Cooper's hawk on a starling?

A Cooper's on a robin fledgling. 700mm at 1/400 sec is not a recipe for success.

Ah, but you're supposed to be panning!

Jack

I think he was -- look at the full-size version. I think the problem was that the subject came to an abrupt stop.

 

[Jack Douglas]

I had the chance to capture the photo of a lifetime (OK, I have low expectations) and blew it. I needed at least a 3x faster shutter speed to make this work. To be fair, things happened pretty darn fast. This would have been a really cool photo.

Nice try, though. Was that a Cooper's hawk on a starling?

A Cooper's on a robin fledgling. 700mm at 1/400 sec is not a recipe for success.

Ah, but you're supposed to be panning!

Jack

I think he was -- look at the full-size version. I think the problem was that the subject came to an abrupt stop.

Just teasing!! ;D

Jack

 

[Orangutan]

I had the chance to capture the photo of a lifetime (OK, I have low expectations) and blew it. I needed at least a 3x faster shutter speed to make this work. To be fair, things happened pretty darn fast. This would have been a really cool photo.

Nice try, though. Was that a Cooper's hawk on a starling?

A Cooper's on a robin fledgling. 700mm at 1/400 sec is not a recipe for success.

Ah, but you're supposed to be panning!

Jack

I think he was -- look at the full-size version. I think the problem was that the subject came to an abrupt stop.

Just teasing!! ;D

Jack

Panning was the first thing that occurred to me: it looks like he had nice pan action going, and might have gotten the shot, even at 1/400th -- if it weren't for that stupid ground.

 

[JMZawodny]

I had the chance to capture the photo of a lifetime (OK, I have low expectations) and blew it. I needed at least a 3x faster shutter speed to make this work. To be fair, things happened pretty darn fast. This would have been a really cool photo.

Nice try, though. Was that a Cooper's hawk on a starling?

A Cooper's on a robin fledgling. 700mm at 1/400 sec is not a recipe for success.

Ah, but you're supposed to be panning!

Jack

I think he was -- look at the full-size version. I think the problem was that the subject came to an abrupt stop.

Just teasing!! ;D

Jack

No, I posted this for several reasons. First was to open the door for others to post things that almost worked. I'm tired of looking at perfect photos. I learn most from failure. I was out shooting a photo of a helicopter when this all happened around me. I had the camera set up to shoot against a bright sky with the IS set for stills. This photo needed a bump in ISO, a bigger aperture, and the IS set for panning. I had ZERO time to change anything. The cool thing is that this sort of thing happens in my backyard once a week (if only I was retired). I am not a good, let alone a great, photographer. I still have to think a lot before releasing the shutter. I'm really good at determining what I should have done. I try to do things that I have no reason to try or expect success. It all makes me a little bit better.

 

[JMZawodny]

Here was another failure - the prior frame.