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Posted by David Salem on Mon Jan 08, 2018 7:02 pm

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This is a female Columbarius Merlin that was hunting dragonflies at a local field. It took many attempts trying to get this wing position with her head and wings sharp. It is very difficult as the Depth of field at 840mm is pretty small. 

1DX---840mm---f8---ss1/3200th---ISO800---Handheld@8:20am---45% crop

Thanks as always for looking and for your input.  I appreciate it

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Whoa, this is simply awesome!!!!
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by Ron Day on Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:25 pm
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An incredible photograph, David! Fantastic pose, sharpness, and background. Congratulations on this fine image!
 

by Joe Subolefsky on Mon Jan 08, 2018 9:22 pm
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Absolutely love it David!
 

by Mako_Elite on Mon Jan 08, 2018 10:11 pm
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Incredible shot. This is good as it gets. This shot would be hanging on my wall in metal print biggest I could get.

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Incredible image David!
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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Mon Jan 08, 2018 11:19 pm
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Excellent. Did you pre-focus on the perch and then shoot in manual?
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Amazingly perfect...
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by David Salem on Tue Jan 09, 2018 2:16 am
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RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto wrote:Excellent. Did you pre-focus on the perch and then shoot in manual?
Richard,

Great question. 
No I didn't prefocus in mauaul on the perch but I did use focus lock assigned to my rear lock button on my camera.
This way I can bump the focus on the perch with the shutter, then lock with my thumb as the bird comes in, then unlock as soon as the bird lands as it may have prey or may do something special right after it lands. Otherwise I would be scrambling to turn on the AF again. 

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Stunning!  Absolutely stunning!

David, this is one of the most beautiful raptor shots I've seen.  Congratulations Maestro!  :D 

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Wowww...excellent light...Superbly captured.Cracker image..
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outstanding shot David. Congrats
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Killer shot, David. The pose is simply awesome. You amazed us again.
 

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Supreme shot Dave as always..
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by David Salem on Wed Jan 10, 2018 12:51 am
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Stunning action frame. Superb photography.
 

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Great action captured superbly,David! Love it.
 

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