See that black 'line' running from the beak back to the feet? That is the line that one black tipped feather took during the length of time that the flash was on. I was using a shutter of 1/500th with High speed synch. HHS fires a burst of flashes so unlike ordinary flash you will see movement. Very much like rear-curtain flash(except RC is smooth, and HSS is strobe-like). The reason the head and most of the body is in focus and not so blurred is that I panned the bird as I shot. There's your tip for the day!
Below is a reject shot, but the sitting bird shows those black tips well.
LOL not even close it is landing. The flash does NOT affect the birds at all. The only times I have seen flash affect birds(and so I never use it then) is when they are nesting. In that instance anything spooks the bird.
LOL not even close it is landing. The flash does NOT affect the birds at all. The only times I have seen flash affect birds(and so I never use it then) is when they are nesting. In that instance anything spooks the bird.
LOL not even close it is landing. The flash does NOT affect the birds at all. The only times I have seen flash affect birds(and so I never use it then) is when they are nesting. In that instance anything spooks the bird.
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