Flying Little Egrets (SBWR 260904)

2100 · 27th September 2004

Cannot get enough of them.

http://www.pbase.com/sil84/flying_little_egrets

Too shy though. Flew away whenever i sneaked up on them slowly. Next time must wear No. 4.....

ccplim · 27th September 2004

Hey bro, that was pretty good. Is it taken using your 50-500? I was not able to get a lock on focus everytime when I try to catch them in flight

2100 · 27th September 2004

Yea, 50-500. I think about 2 are quite blown and 1 underexposed (the sky background one), but i guess still presentable. Very difficult to track already, so absolutely no time to dial in EC. Doesn't help that 50-500 HSM is not fast enough by itself technically esp when we are talking about shooting in the shade at 8.30AM with a f6.3 lens, so it emphasizes technique a lot.

Next week perhaps i will dedicate a portion of my birding time to shoot flying stuff, my these pics settings not exactly not set for flying.

(will use ISO 800 for flying, usually for static i use ISO 200, 320 or 400).

Zplus · 27th September 2004

Nice action shots. Not easy to pan with the Bigma, I know.

Esp when there is not enough light.

ccplim · 27th September 2004

Originally Posted by Zplus

Nice action shots. Not easy to pan with the Bigma, I know.
Esp when there is not enough light.

And especially with that limited space in the hide, there isn't much time and space for you to follow the action

ccplim · 27th September 2004

Originally Posted by 2100

Yea, 50-500. I think about 2 are quite blown and 1 underexposed (the sky background one), but i guess still presentable. Very difficult to track already, so absolutely no time to dial in EC. Doesn't help that 50-500 HSM is not fast enough by itself technically esp when we are talking about shooting in the shade at 8.30AM with a f6.3 lens, so it emphasizes technique a lot.

Next week perhaps i will dedicate a portion of my birding time to shoot flying stuff, my these pics settings not exactly not set for flying. (will use ISO 800 for flying, usually for static i use ISO 200, 320 or 400).

True. My shots from last trip all went into the trash

jbma · 27th September 2004

Aiyah. I've tried like crazy to get a flying shot but the 50-500 is not an easy lens to do it with. Anyway nice attemp.

Garion · 27th September 2004

Good attempts there, as Zplus had said, not easy to do flying/panning shots with the Bigma.

2100 · 27th September 2004

Thanks for the comments. Actually the first one is a bit PSed.

So not exactly true panning lar.

27th September 2004	#1
2100 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,116	Flying Little Egrets (SBWR 260904) Cannot get enough of them. http://www.pbase.com/sil84/flying_little_egrets Too shy though. Flew away whenever i sneaked up on them slowly. Next time must wear No. 4.....

27th September 2004	#8
Garion Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: West side of S'pore Posts: 5,512	Good attempts there, as Zplus had said, not easy to do flying/panning shots with the Bigma. __________________ [ deviantart selections \| Photoblog ]

27th September 2004	#2
ccplim Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: BN Posts: 1,228	Hey bro, that was pretty good. Is it taken using your 50-500? I was not able to get a lock on focus everytime when I try to catch them in flight

27th September 2004	#4
Zplus Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Some equitorial, tropical isla Posts: 2,353	Nice action shots. Not easy to pan with the Bigma, I know. Esp when there is not enough light.

27th September 2004	#7
jbma Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Tampines Posts: 3,315	Aiyah. I've tried like crazy to get a flying shot but the 50-500 is not an easy lens to do it with. Anyway nice attemp.