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BIF #1 - Ring-Billed Gull in Flight
I've always tried to find the best camera for BIF's. I had a D70, D90, D300, D700, D7000 and most of them, except the D300, never really gave me what I wanted, "fast locking on to subject", no matter, what the lens. Well last week I made the plunge and bought a lightly used (25K activations) Nikon D3S.
After careful consideration and research, I decided that this was the best Nikon camera "FOR ME" :bg3: to take flight images. I could have picked up the D4 for more money but the 16 megapixils or 102,000 ISO (I know there's a lot more) was something, I didn't think, warranted the extra money right now.
The main problem I had was getting any of the cameras to lock on focus at subjects coming at you or going away...the focus on any of the above just wasn't fast enough.
The image below was my first image using the D3s..coupled with my 300mm f4 lens, hand held, a very maneuverable, light, quick lens.
The original is very sharp, I cropped the original by 50%..used Topaz spicify, added frame.
Over the next few weeks I'll submit images of BIF all with the Spicify effect.....working my way to 500 posts.......Thanks for looking