Was out in the Flamingo area of Everglades NP.....stalking this keastral............he was very, very skittish. Finally got an opportunity when he grabbed this snack.......not even sure what it is......composed 3 frames.........and tried to move to my left for a slightly better angle........gone! Such is life.......and I plan on giving chase later today.
Canon Mark 3 with the Sigma 300-800mm and the 1.4 tele at 1120mm at f8 for 1/2500 sec at ISO 1000 (trying to capture his flight). Cropped from horizontal to vert
That's really nice Roman! I like it! I'm afraid to sound really dumb but..... :) What's wrong with the angle? Ah! I can hear you laughing all the way here! :) If anyone would care to explain I'll appreciate it! Cheers!
Hey Rene',
I guess i beat everyone to it.......If you look at the bird.......it is slightly pointing away from me. It isn't as noticeable......because he is looking back at us. I crept up to him behind a bunch of bushes and exposed 3 frames.....looking through the lens.....I realized that he wasn't parallel to my frame...as I was trying to photograph him for at least 2 hours.....I knew he was fairly skittish.....but decided I had to move to get the perfect angle. First step out to my left.....the bird flew off. Had I been able to move.....the body would have been perfectly parallel to the film/sensor plane with a slight head angle towards me. Not a horrible image......just not great! Next time I will try it with the 2x or the body with the .6 magnification.
Roman... thanks for explaining! I am not so good at this, YET! :) and some times I know right away a bad angle. On this shot, if it was me I am sure I wouldn't had change the angle coz some how it look good to me.... I guess there is still so much to learn! :) cheers!