Originally Posted by
Jason G. Harrison
I should have been more clear that I am not talking about BIF. I am talking about perched birds, etc... Birds coming down a perch to a feeder at times are very active and as such, offer some challenges to get a sharp image of with slow shutter speeds.
Sure, proper Long Lens Technique is great, but often times, part of that techique cannot be obtained, and that is the focal length rule as it pertains to SS's. I find MANY times, that due to lack of light, etc...I am shooting well below 1/500th of a second, many times around 1/250th, etc... Nearly all my birds shots are with my 600 with the 1.4tc on it. If they are not hyper...and jumping all over, I have captured many sharp images at those speeds. There are days though that I don't and thus the question on speeds.