a starling and an eagle

erwinx · 23rd August 2003

visited the place with chngpe01 took the eagle pics. not much luck. managed to shoot 1 sequence of an eagle flying past. shutter speed was only 1/250 due to inexperience and forgetting to change settings, luckily got IS. D60 AF ok, but would prefer faster AF aka 300D

Falcon · 23rd August 2003

For the 2nd shot, isit ok to focus to infinity if the eagle is quite far?

chngpe01 · 23rd August 2003

Erwinx, the Starling is a good catch. Good capture of the WB Sea Eagle too. I don't think 300D is suitable for you, rather a 1D /1Ds or perhaps 2D/ 2 Ds?

Too bad I couldn't go this morning. I got there late this afternoon and again the weather was bad - thunderstom. I managed to get some shot after the downpour stopped, but lighting was not good. I will be posting them later.

Cheers

erwinx · 23rd August 2003

Originally Posted by chngpe01

Erwinx, the Starling is a good catch. Good capture of the WB Sea Eagle too. I don't think 300D is suitable for you, rather a 1D /1Ds or perhaps 2D/ 2 Ds?

Too bad I couldn't go this morning. I got there late this afternoon and again the weather was bad - thunderstom. I managed to get some shot after the downpour stopped, but lighting was not good. I will be posting them later.

Cheers

thx for the advice. i also noticed a pair of coppersmith barbets digging a hole in the branch as well, but the tree is rather tall so photo-wise not so wonderful - can usually find coppersmith barbets nesting in shorter trees...

falcon as for how to focus on flying birds i just change to AI-servo and hope for the best. infinity focus won't work well.

MotherNature · 24th August 2003

Nice catch!

23rd August 2003	#1
erwinx Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,492	a starling and an eagle visited the place with chngpe01 took the eagle pics. not much luck. managed to shoot 1 sequence of an eagle flying past. shutter speed was only 1/250 due to inexperience and forgetting to change settings, luckily got IS. D60 AF ok, but would prefer faster AF aka 300D

23rd August 2003	#3
chngpe01 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 7,485	Erwinx, the Starling is a good catch. Good capture of the WB Sea Eagle too. I don't think 300D is suitable for you, rather a 1D /1Ds or perhaps 2D/ 2 Ds? Too bad I couldn't go this morning. I got there late this afternoon and again the weather was bad - thunderstom. I managed to get some shot after the downpour stopped, but lighting was not good. I will be posting them later. Cheers __________________ my work I am featured here, in Vol 4

23rd August 2003	#2
Falcon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,870	For the 2nd shot, isit ok to focus to infinity if the eagle is quite far?

24th August 2003	#5
MotherNature Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 152	Nice catch!