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    Hello, this goose was taken 1-10-14 with a Nikon D800, 70-200mm F2.8 with 2X teleconveter, F5.6, 1/500, ISO-800, A-priority. Rainy and not much light. Practicing tracking using AF-C and 51-point AF. Image is noisy because of low-light. I like his wings and color.

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    Terry will be interested to see how you get on with your flying birds and your tracking, think you have done well considering the conditions you describe, good luck.

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    When you're first getting into BIF photography, larger birds and sky BGs are a great way to hone your skills. You probably don't get a lot of sunshine in OR, but 1/500 is a little too slow for consistently sharp flight images. I'd either push your ISO a bit higher or save flight photography for sunny days. You got a nice downstroke of the wings here, but the bird is flying away from you. Your sharpness is best on the back half of the bird, but the head is soft. Keep up the good work!
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    Excellent advice from Doug.
    From what I've seen a D800 can handle iso 800 easily. I wouldn't have expected much noise. Did you under-expose the original?

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    Nice wing pose and good view of the top feathers.

    Agree on the comments from Doug that the back of the bird is more in focus than the front. Where was the focus point on the actual shot?

    At ISO 800 there should not be that much noise from this camera unless its a large crop or you underexposed as mentioned above

    Did you set an exposure compensation to compensate for the white sky?

    TFS and keep on practicing ;)

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    I would suggest a slightly faster shutter speed the head isn't pin sharp -I get the impression perhaps the image was captured underexposed the blacks look a tad heavy?

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    I like the wing position and he high key effect with subtle tones from the clouds, Doug hit the points, softness and the bird flying away from you.

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