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Greetings my fellow FMers, In this Osprey (4 to 7) series I was experimenting to get sharp body with blurry wing motion hence, lower shutter speed. All shots were taken with 50D and 800is and I must admit not a very good combination for my intended purposes, all EXIFS are in tact like always and this time on a tripod. Another lesson learnt I should have tried it hand held for BIF and panning purposes like I always do.

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8- This is my first for a Cormorant

An Aerial spraying.

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Cheers,

Garen

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Nov 17, 2009 at 02:41 AM

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Garen,
You know what they say...
You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose but you can't pick your friends nose

There is a lesson in there somewhere

we still had fun

Tim

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Nov 17, 2009 at 02:47 AM

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tfoltz wrote:
Garen,
You know what they say...
You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose but you can't pick your friends nose

Somewhere there is a lesson in there

we still had fun

Tim

as Antman would say .. who said we can't pick a friends nose

we sure had a quiet and a strange day

BTW how did your bean omlet turned up

Garen

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p.1 #4 · Sunday lesson!

Well done Garen - good exposures on the cormorants, but I like the Osprey flight shots the best.

Nov 17, 2009 at 02:52 AM

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p.1 #5 · Sunday lesson!

Great set Garen!
Fred

Nov 17, 2009 at 02:54 AM

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mark fadely wrote:
Well done Garen - good exposures on the cormorants, but I like the Osprey flight shots the best.

Thanks Mark

I'm glad you liked them

Garen

Nov 17, 2009 at 03:35 AM

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fdevyatkin wrote:
Great set Garen!
Fred

Thanks Fred

Garen

Nov 17, 2009 at 03:35 AM

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p.1 #8 · Sunday lesson!

Very nice set Garen. That bombing run of the cormie is great

Dan

Nov 17, 2009 at 03:47 AM

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I happen to think there is some real nice tonal range on #1 Garen, nice one sir!
Man that Osprey is giving you the wicked eye-lid look buddy

Congrats on your first 'milk-bath' cormie jettison fly by

Karl

Nov 17, 2009 at 04:06 AM

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Hi Garen,

I shoot mine hand held though most will tell you to use a tripod. Your shutter looks to be about 1/500, possibly as slow as 1/320. Try about 1/125 if you want good wing blur and sharp bodies. At this speed you may find it hard to keep the body sharp as the birds do bounce up and down a bit. You will need to find the right moment in your subjects wing motion to pull this off and of cause you can burst to see what you like.

The 3rd is my pick from this set. The first and last of the osprey are my pick of the flight photos.

Morris

Nov 17, 2009 at 04:12 AM

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p.1 #11 · Sunday lesson!

That duck is a mongrel

Guess you better stick to sharp images of Osprey for now as you still have a ways to go in the blur department, Garen

Ken

Nov 17, 2009 at 04:30 AM

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p.1 #12 · Sunday lesson!

experiment experiment...that's part of the fun Garen. Nice work man.

Nov 17, 2009 at 04:33 AM

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danjacquitaylo wrote:
Very nice set Garen. That bombing run of the cormie is great

Dan

Thanks Dan

Garen

Nov 17, 2009 at 03:28 PM

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Karl Witt wrote:
I happen to think there is some real nice tonal range on #1 Garen, nice one sir!
Man that Osprey is giving you the wicked eye-lid look buddy

Congrats on your first 'milk-bath' cormie jettison fly by

Karl

Thanks Karl

Garen

Nov 17, 2009 at 03:29 PM

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morris wrote:
Hi Garen,

I shoot mine hand held though most will tell you to use a tripod. Your shutter looks to be about 1/500, possibly as slow as 1/320. Try about 1/125 if you want good wing blur and sharp bodies. At this speed you may find it hard to keep the body sharp as the birds do bounce up and down a bit. You will need to find the right moment in your subjects wing motion to pull this off and of cause you can burst to see what you like.

The 3rd is my pick from this set. The first and last of the osprey are my pick of the flight photos.

Morris

Thanks Morris, the shutter speed was even faster at 1/1000

Garen

Nov 17, 2009 at 03:30 PM

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p.1 #16 · Sunday lesson!

Great set Garen,

pushing the envelope is a good thing to do. The Heinz 57 Duck is super sharp - I especially like the second shot.

The whole Osprey set is great. Excellent exposure, detail etc. Well done

Lil

Nov 17, 2009 at 03:38 PM

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p.1 #17 · Sunday lesson!

Oh, wow.
And with an 800 no less!
The Osprey are looking simply great.
I can have trouble finding my subject at just 300mm, so I'm very impressed when I see bird in flight pictures at 800mm.

Nov 17, 2009 at 04:29 PM

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p.1 #18 · Sunday lesson!

Interesting set Garen, good on you for going out and trying something different

It sounds like you guys had fun, the bean omelet is begging for an explanation!

Tim

Nov 17, 2009 at 04:45 PM

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p.1 #19 · Sunday lesson!

Gee Garen, I am always trying to get my SS up to freeze the wings in motion. I used to get plenty too slow and chuck them

Very nice set my friend. Now whats all this about a bean omlet?
Martin

Nov 17, 2009 at 07:04 PM

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p.1 #20 · Sunday lesson!

Excellent job, Garen. These are really great captures. Beautiful light and tonality in the first and third shot.Great Osprey series

Socrate

Nov 18, 2009 at 02:54 AM

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