When I noted east winds, dark clouds to the west, and a clear horizon I hustled the group up to the crane pools. With the 800, I worked from Highway 1 rather than from close to the birds. These guys took off just as I was spreading the legs of my tripod so the EXP, which turned out to be about +1/3 stop off the dark cloud, was a quick guess.
Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-1D MIII. ISO 640: 1/1000 at f/5.6.
Whenever I see two birds flying close together I pretty much hold the hammer down for two or three frames once they are in the zone and then hope for nice wing positions....
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