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Thanks everyone, but really these guys are tame nearly like Downies so it doesn't involve much. I almost feel guilty, that is until I consider what others get to shoot in their environments. 
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Jack Douglas said:
Thanks Click and Jack! LOL, these are very friendly birds. This one almost put its head inside the lens hood later on. I was worried because how do you explain a scratch on the objective from a bird to insurance people?
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Thanks Alan.
Still trying to figure out the optimal choices for button programming for BIF to be able to switch effortlessly. I'm presently using one-shot spot on the shutter where I'd have a slower speed, and have a button to switch to Custom shooting mode with a faster shutter speed etc.
Switching C modes can work but I find the thumb finger approach of BBF (with AF-ON being most convenient for my hand size) to be limited only by my mental agility (unfortunately a severe limitation
). Some days I feel like it's hopeless.
Jack
Still trying to figure out the optimal choices for button programming for BIF to be able to switch effortlessly. I'm presently using one-shot spot on the shutter where I'd have a slower speed, and have a button to switch to Custom shooting mode with a faster shutter speed etc.
Switching C modes can work but I find the thumb finger approach of BBF (with AF-ON being most convenient for my hand size) to be limited only by my mental agility (unfortunately a severe limitation
). Some days I feel like it's hopeless.Jack
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Thanks for the comments on the Egyptian Nighjar guys.
It’s a fascinating bird, I counted 10 in total, then I caused a bit of a twitch for some other birders here in Dubai, our main guy in the region headed out there to observe their behaviours at dusk (as they are a nocturnal species) and he observed 16 in total, with 3 first moult juvenile’s. He watched them hover briefly over the adjacent lake while taking a drink, he said it was similar to Swallow behaviour. I might head back to catch that myself as some water shots could be nice for the collection!!
It’s a fascinating bird, I counted 10 in total, then I caused a bit of a twitch for some other birders here in Dubai, our main guy in the region headed out there to observe their behaviours at dusk (as they are a nocturnal species) and he observed 16 in total, with 3 first moult juvenile’s. He watched them hover briefly over the adjacent lake while taking a drink, he said it was similar to Swallow behaviour. I might head back to catch that myself as some water shots could be nice for the collection!!
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V nice. I love that combo for its snappy AF and good resolution. 800 is far more of a challenge when there is action, at least for me but I'm addicted to the reach it gives. Now if the 400 would just zoom to 800 ...
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Thank you, Jack.
Here is another shot from the same sequence and I am not sure if I prefer this with the curve of the wing
That's the problem with 14fps - you can get slightly different images where a tilt or a curve can make a difference to the expression of the picture. At 7 fps it would have been there or not...
Here is another shot from the same sequence and I am not sure if I prefer this with the curve of the wing
That's the problem with 14fps - you can get slightly different images where a tilt or a curve can make a difference to the expression of the picture. At 7 fps it would have been there or not...
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Black Tern - Martha's Vineyard.
Followed this bird by kayak down a long narrow beach for an hour. It was mixed in with a huge Common Tern colony of 2,000 plus birds. It finally landed in a good spot so I could beach my craft and not get bounced by waves as much. Black Terns are unusual here. Lots of fun and some nice picts.
7D and Sigma 150-600 C
Followed this bird by kayak down a long narrow beach for an hour. It was mixed in with a huge Common Tern colony of 2,000 plus birds. It finally landed in a good spot so I could beach my craft and not get bounced by waves as much. Black Terns are unusual here. Lots of fun and some nice picts.
7D and Sigma 150-600 C
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Click said:@ Mikehit, AlanF and jprusa,
Very nice shots, guys.
Add me to the like list.
Mike it's a problem I am very thankful to have even though it's a time waster. Obviously for static subjects it's not as important but still with my woodpeckers one shot may have the tongue in and another out. Now does that happen in 1/7 sec or 1/14 sec it's hard to say but compared to my 6D 4.5 fps it's like wow and I'm thrilled with it. When I acquire focus and hear that fps whir it's reassuring and surprisingly I'm finding at 600 or 800 mm lens distances the noise isn't much of an issue..
Jack
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