My 400mm lenses always attached to the 1.4x Tc (Teleconverter with 3 pins patched) for better reach (560mm). With that TC, only one peripheral AF point is active, and I miss a lot of opportunity with this flying bird.For this session, I took off that TC, and sacrificed the reach for better AF speed. AI Servo AF mode was selected.
This is what it look like with activate all 9 cross-type AF points.
Full frame photo and croped 50% with Adobe Photoshop CS2
Final image after processing.
two Egrets flew in between coconut leaves.
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), Local name: Bangau Kecil, Size: 61cm
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16 comments:
Beautiful shots!!! so clear in zoom!
Amazing shots of amazing birds! Forgot to look at the sky.....
The last one is so delicate in its colours. Beautiful!
What you did with your photo opportunity is fantastic!
Really gorgeous! Amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Lovely photos - I wish I had birds like that outside my backyard. All I have is planes! BTW love the photo of the two birds
Great photos they turned out so clear and crisp,
Happy SWF.
Amazing shots!!!this is beautiful.
Have a nice day.
Beautiful clear photos, a pleasure to look at with the bird for focus.
Now that is fabulous, i especially like the last one.
I've seen these in the W part of Spore at some time durign the yr. They prob here as part of their migration journey. NIce cropping job there.
Lovely little egrets. I like those 2 flying between the coconut leaves. Nice shots.
Beautiful photography! Those birds look so amazing, if I ever saw one flying around my backyard, I would probably be speechless.
That first shot's truly spectacular! I have a heck of a time photographing birds in flight, myself. Thanks for the insight into your process here.
Stunning egret photos! HOw lucky you are to have them fly over your yard, too.
~Lisa
New Mexico, USA
Thanks for the tips. I too find that I need to back off on the focal lenght to shoot birds in flight. It's a balancing act to get the right combination of detail and framing. Nice pictures!
I get great ideas visiting your blog. Thanks for the look and teaching.
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