Purple Martin in flight

Posted by Dan Kearl on Tue May 26, 2020 9:22 am

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D500, 500mm, f4.8, 1/4000, iso900
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by Mark Boranyak on Tue May 26, 2020 9:24 am

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Wow, just a great shot of a bird I'll never be able to get--unless it's dead

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by david fletcher on Tue May 26, 2020 12:49 pm

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I like Mark's thinking. This is superb Dan!

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by Karl Egressy on Tue May 26, 2020 1:50 pm

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Cool flight shot.

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by Ron Day on Tue May 26, 2020 3:05 pm

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Love this dynamic flight shot, Dan. Great wings-down pose. A terrific image!

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by Carol Clarke on Tue May 26, 2020 3:40 pm

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Beautiful capture of this speeding bullet, Dan!

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by Gene Gwin on Tue May 26, 2020 10:27 pm

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Dan, WELL DONE! Curios what autofocus mode you were using? d9-group......

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by Dan Kearl on Tue May 26, 2020 10:38 pm

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Thanks, Gene
I use GRP setting on my D500, never change it really as I mostly
are just shooting BIF.
I use the button on my lens that is set to 25pt for perched shot if I take them.
GRP great for flight, really bad for anything else I think.

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by Debapratim Saha on Wed May 27, 2020 12:18 am

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Excellent Shot!

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by Gene Gwin on Thu May 28, 2020 7:11 am

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Dan Kearl wrote:Thanks, Gene
I use GRP setting on my D500, never change it really as I mostly
are just shooting BIF.
I use the button on my lens that is set to 25pt for perched shot if I take them.
GRP great for flight, really bad for anything else I think.

Dan, Thanks. That's the mode I also use for BIF. Not sure what you mean by the 25pt on your lens? I have the button on the front of the 850 programmed to select single point so I can select the single point option when I want a more precise focus when group mode is selected. Not sure if the D500 has that option.

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by Ranger on Mon Jun 15, 2020 4:15 pm

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Great image. I just wish I could come close to something like this. Excellent.

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