I missed the take-off because the Alpha 1 got confused and focussed on the branches and not the bird - this has happened a few times now with white/grey birds.
Not a fan of blue sky backgrounds but there is some reasonable detail in the white feathers which can be a bit of a challenge to get with this lens if the light is not quite right.
SouthFla wrote:
AWESOME, I think you did great!! Any advice on the technique? Did you handhold or pan on a tripod?
Thanks.
I tried to do something similar to Mark Metternich. Look up his posts in the landscape forum here; his are much better.
I have only tried this one time for a couple minutes. Definitely used a tripod and loosened the panning screw for free movement. Ball head was tight and I ensured the horizon would stay level enough for the pan. It was the time of day I could stop down to ~f/22 to ~f/32 and have exposures from ~0.2-0.5s. Didn't use ND filters but they would probably work. I stayed at 200mm but I am sure other focal lengths are fine. Focussed ahead of time and shot in burst mode. I panned with and against the wave breaks at varying speeds, sometimes shooting more out to sea and sometimes more down the shoreline.
I always tried to start before the waves broke and tried to capture when multiple waves were stacked up in layers. Hopefully next time there is better light.
A couple more from my one and only attempt:
Sony ILCE-1
E 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 A071
ƒ/22.0 200.0 mm 0.3 100
Sony ILCE-1
E 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 A071
ƒ/29.0 200.0 mm 0.3 100
Something to kill the time waiting for the wildlife to show up
Sony ILCE-1
FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
ƒ/6.3 600.0 mm 1/2500 1000
Ducks from yesterday. It's not often I see long-tailed ducks, this one took off eventually, but too far away. The snow owl was sitting high up on a tree not doing anything, I just watched it for 10 minutes before I gave up.
