Kites and Eagles

chngpe01 · 25th May 2003

This was taken in one of the outings with Fred at the east coast area. Its a series of Black Kites and White-bellied Sea Eagle.

chngpe01 · 25th May 2003

White-Bellied Sea Eagle

soul_lam · 25th May 2003

Hi, was that u at East coast yesterday? Saw a group of photographers there while i was cycling.....

soul_lam · 25th May 2003

BTW, love the 1st pic....

mphil · 26th May 2003

Nice work, like first and last pics. My lens cant focus fast enough to get good pics like these. When I focus manually, most dont turn out so sharp too. The birds look better when the are flying towards you rather than away from you.

chngpe01 · 28th May 2003

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Originally posted by mphil
The birds look better when the are flying towards you rather than away from you.

Thanks for all the comments.

mphil, I do agree that it looks better if it is flying towards you. Unfortunately this time round I couldn't get that shots, the 3 are the best I got in the brief encounter with the Black Kite.

I used to have the S2 Pro, its a good camera and I do miss it at times. Are you using the VR lens?

Bato · 28th May 2003

Nice shot on the first Pic...

mphil · 28th May 2003

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I used to have the S2 Pro, its a good camera and I do miss it at times. Are you using the VR lens?

Yeah, most of the time there is also a 1.4x TC on as well. Slow, but steady lens. The noise it makes when it is focussing is also loud enough to scare aways the birds! I need to prefocus manually then switch to auto when that happens.

25th May 2003	#1
chngpe01 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 7,466	Kites and Eagles This was taken in one of the outings with Fred at the east coast area. Its a series of Black Kites and White-bellied Sea Eagle. __________________ my work I am featured here, in Vol 4

25th May 2003	#2
chngpe01 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 7,466	White-Bellied Sea Eagle __________________ my work I am featured here, in Vol 4

25th May 2003	#3
soul_lam New Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: C.C.K Posts: 26	Hi, was that u at East coast yesterday? Saw a group of photographers there while i was cycling.....

26th May 2003	#5
mphil Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 465	Nice work, like first and last pics. My lens cant focus fast enough to get good pics like these. When I focus manually, most dont turn out so sharp too. The birds look better when the are flying towards you rather than away from you.

28th May 2003	#7
Bato Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 94	Nice shot on the first Pic...