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[Click]

Osprey. Cropped 50%.

Trying out the M5/100-400L II combo for BIF. Didn't have enough reach without the 1.4x. Actually maintained focus pretty well with Smooth-Zone AF in Servo. Next time I'll try Tracking. Need a bit more practice - the balance is different versus the 1DX2. Not bad - just different.

That's a very nice shot. Well done, dcm. 8)

 

[lion rock]

Thank you Click.
Both fun watching them and shooting them.
-r

Hummies!
-r

Lovely. Nicely done, lion rock.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Thank you Click.
Both fun watching them and shooting them.
-r

Hummies!
-r

Lovely. Nicely done, lion rock.

I thought I saw one yesterday but it was an humongous dragonfly.

Jack

 

[Cog]

Barn swallows

 

[Mikehit]

Those are some impressive shots, Cog. What lens are you using?

 

[Cog]

Those are some impressive shots, Cog. What lens are you using?

Thank you, Mikehit. This is Canon 100-400 II + 1.4x III extender.

 

[lion rock]

Cog,
Fantastic shots!!!
Must not be easy for shots like these!
Well done!
Super Cog.
-r

Barn swallows

 

[Cog]

Cog,
Fantastic shots!!!
Must not be easy for shots like these!
Well done!
Super Cog.
-r

Barn swallows

Thank you, lion rock. I'm glad you like them. The biggest problem was to keep balance for 30 min while shooting. The place was not steady.

 

[Click]

Barn swallows

Beautiful pictures. Well done, Cog.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Those are some impressive shots, Cog. What lens are you using?

Extremely nice!

Jack

 

[Cog]

Click, Jack Douglas
Thank you, guys.

 

[AlanF]

Great shots cog, it's not easy to frame them.

 

[AlanF]

Canon 5DIV + 400mm DO II + 2xTC, 1/3200s and iso 2000.

 

[lion rock]

No words to describe!
-r

Canon 5DIV + 400mm DO II + 2xTC, 1/3200s and iso 2000.

 

[Click]

Excellent shots. Well done, Alan.

 

[Mikehit]

And that shows what the system is capable of. Nice series, Alan!

Did you think of splicing them together in a single time-sequence frame?

 

[Jack Douglas]

Excellent shots. Well done, Alan.

+1

Jack

 

[applecider]

Spending time on Cape Cod Mass USA,
caught this red wing flying into the wind, and thus fairly steady.

 

[applecider]

Kudos to all but a question for Cog...

Did you prefocus on the swallow flight path or use any illumination?

Please give any tips to your technique. I have tried swallows with the exact same lenses as you and a better beamer, usually around sunset. Rarely do I get a keeper keeper. The damned things just move so fast.

Also what auto focus settings are you using, and what area selection method.

 

[varoonprasad]

Seagulls - NYC