I was trying to improve my BIF images. I found this Grey Pelican flying straight towards me. It is an adult, non-breeding one. No crop. 1D Mark II, Canon EF 400mm F2.8 L IS USM lens with Canon EF 2xII converter. ISO 200, F11, 1/500.
I'm not crazy about the head angle here, but the rest looks fine. A tiny hotspot on the throat that could easily be fixed. Impressive framing for an uncropped image, but you could still take about half off the bottom.
400mm F2.8 L IS USM lens with Canon EF 2xII converter. ISO 200, F11, 1/500
In case of flight shot its all about finding out required shutter speed to achieve desired action. If you are looking to freeze action, I would go with best possible shutter speed. Shooting at 4000x2 at 800mm focal length, If possible I will maintain 1/800 shutter speed. At ISO 200 you still had enough room to kick your shutter speed higher to freeze action.
If you are looing for a wing blur, its again subjective how much blur you want and what would be the required shutter speed is.
Other than the head angle, I like the composition. Nice job.
Flight of the Pelican
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