A lot of flying water in this one, and the backlighting really made it stand out.
Nice full back wing position. He is angled away from us a bit, but less bothersome because of all the flying water
I wish I could see the head just a bit more clearly. Not easy to get the big splash effect and a clear view of the head.
Would you care to share some of your thoughts on the D7000? A lot of Nikon folks are curious about how it will work for nature photography, esp. birds in flight.
Thanks, Randy.
I am really not experienced enough to tell about the D7000, but I will try.
It has gotten a bunch of complaints on some internet sites because of focus issues.
I like mine, but it is a challenge a bit for a newbie. I think the 16MP requires actually more "focus" on getting focus, if that makes sense. The images also absolutely require PP in my opinion to really bring out the resolution, thus I think some complaints are from people who bought the D7000 as their first SLR and may be surprised by the work involved in getting the most out of it.
I think people on this site would love it as I don't think it has any problems for experienced camera users.
It is pretty small and fairly light so that is a plus for birders who hike around. I find I get the best images sometimes when I let the camera do the work, using the auto focus in full mode rather than try to use single focus mode which is much different than the D3000 which I learned on.
It does do 6 FPS, which is also a plus for birders.
Anyway, I am still getting use to it, but I like it more and more all the time, if that helps.
You also can shoot high ISO, which really helps in the low light of the cloudy Northwest.
I use ISO 640 as almost a minimum with very little noise and it can shoot at 1600 easily and get pretty good images I think, so that certainly helps bird photographers. As a person with an inexpensive 70-300 F4-5.6 lens, it has increased the speed I can shoot a lot. I can't wait to get a better long lens now.
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