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On final approach - calling for landing clearance. Trumpeter swan
One of my goals for 2012 was to do a more hand held BIF. I traditionally have used a Wimberley II and tripod for my birds in flight, but felt that I needed to learn to be more flexible. With this in mind, I took the 500 along rather than the 600, and just did hand held flight shots all morning. My sense was that my initial acquisition was faster handheld, but sometimes the framing when very close in was a bit more of a challenge.
Will keep working on this! I loved the demonstration of aerodynamics as he stalls for landing with the flipped up feathers.
D300 500mm f/4 f/7.1 1/2500s ISO 640 handheld
Post: Selective sharpening, Color Efex pro detail extractor to help tone down a few overly bright whites, cleaned up some debris on ice. Full frame.
Thoughts and advice always appreciated.
Cheers
Randy