some flights and an owl

Raymond J Barlow · Mar 14, 2007

Out with Canoncan this weekend, having fun shooting some ducks!!

1 Male Long Tail

2 Male Red Head

3 Male Pintail

4 Male Mallard

5 Female and Male Pintails

and an Long-eared Owl on Tuesday...

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7 Hand held at 1/15 of a second

thanks for looking!!

ariadne76 · Mar 14, 2007

Amazing, as usual. I love the colors of the mallard in #4.

cherrymoose · Mar 14, 2007

Wow.

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Absolutely stunning!

Johnw7127 · Mar 14, 2007

Wow! Absolutely stunning! What kind of lens do you have? It must have a big zoom.

(I can't help mentioning that you said "shooting ducks." very funny, whether or not it was intentional, I love it)

ravikiran · Mar 14, 2007

Awesome as usual. You show a lot of patience. Must learn a lot from you other than photography.

JTHphoto · Mar 15, 2007

great shots, ray! i love the owls pics... and #3 makes me laugh - looks like he's being shot out of a cannon. I also love #5, perfect symmetry for comparing the male/female of the species... :thumbup:

Antarctican · Mar 15, 2007

Phenomenal shots! I'm partial to owls, and the shots of the long eared owl are wonderful...the composition in that first one, wow! [That's not to say I don't like the duck shots...they're incredibly detailed, crisp and well composed too.]

Eric Piercey · Mar 15, 2007

Very very nice. Yeah, what lense?

elrick · Mar 15, 2007

Great owls pictures! Looks like they posed especially for you

teishu · Mar 15, 2007

WOW !.. how do you manage to take such good in air photos ?

ShootHoops · Mar 15, 2007

My fave is #5.

lostprophet · Mar 15, 2007

superb

Canoncan · Mar 15, 2007

Great work Ray, the aerials of the pintail made the journey even better. The last shot reminds me of my prom date.

Raymond J Barlow · Mar 16, 2007

thanks everyone!

I use the 200-400VR for most of my bird shooting., and flight shots are not easy, but with practice, you can get them... The first trick is to get to a place that has lots of birds and activity., then a good lens with a fast focusing system, and then, get into the best possible position, considering the light and the backgrounds... When shooting, try to get the camera and the focusing sensor on the bird as early as possible, long before you fire the shutter., then follow it and watch your focus, make sure it is keeping up with the bird, then, when the bird is getting close to full frame, fire away!

hope this helps!