Barn Swallow


Posted by siliconworm on Sat May 27, 2023 6:06 pm

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by david fletcher on Sun May 28, 2023 2:53 am
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Nailed this one. Very well done.
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by Axel Hildebrandt on Sun May 28, 2023 5:34 am
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Great topside view and fanned tail. Is the background sand or a hill?
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by Gene Gwin on Sun May 28, 2023 8:05 am
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Siliconworm, Very well accomplished. Curious what autofocus mode you were using?
 

by siliconworm on Sun May 28, 2023 9:02 am
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Axel Hildebrandt wrote: Great topside view and fanned tail. Is the background sand or a hill?
The background is a marsh
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by siliconworm on Sun May 28, 2023 9:05 am
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Gene Gwin wrote: Siliconworm, Very well accomplished.  Curious what autofocus mode you were using?
I've experimented with many cameras and many AF modes. The best one I found so far for flying swallows is Z9's AF-C with full area auto or center area box focus (with detection mode set to animals). I set the AF tracking response time to minimal (no delay) and subject movement mode to "erratic". This is still not enough, however, because the distance of the swallow changes rapidly and the Z9 has a tendency to focus on complex background (even more so than DSLRs). So I need to frequently use focus limiter and focus point recall for pre-focusing as well. 
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by Tusar Bhowmik on Mon May 29, 2023 9:09 am
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Superb capture.
 

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