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Posted by Karl Egressy on Sun Jul 21, 2024 7:01 am

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I tried the focus mode suggested by Gene for BIF. It works well.

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by Cynthia Crawford on Sun Jul 21, 2024 7:16 am
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Fabulous! A dynamic shot-I can really feel the action with those long, extended wings. What was the suggestion by Gene? I missed it somehow....
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by david fletcher on Sun Jul 21, 2024 9:14 am
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(good to see that 400 and 1.4 getting good use Karl.  I know it's one of your fav' combo's and is easy to see why).  


Beautiful capture Karl.  The wing position is fabulous. (and interesting that the fish head is facing you).
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by david fletcher on Sun Jul 21, 2024 9:18 am
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Cynthia Crawford wrote: Fabulous! A dynamic shot-I can really feel the action with those long, extended wings. What was the suggestion by Gene? I missed it somehow....
A few posts down the page Cindy.   HERE

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by Pete Zwiers on Sun Jul 21, 2024 9:45 am
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Beautiful.

I'll have to experiment with auto (all) autofocus mode ... I'm currently using pretty much the exact focus modes you described using.
 

by Karl Egressy on Sun Jul 21, 2024 10:02 am
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Thank you all. Auto (all) works most of the time against water and sky, even against man made objects as it is shown. However, if there are other(static) birds around, it jumps over to them. The keeper rate is about  80 percent.
 

by Cynthia Crawford on Sun Jul 21, 2024 12:00 pm
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david fletcher wrote:
Cynthia Crawford wrote: Fabulous! A dynamic shot-I can really feel the action with those long, extended wings. What was the suggestion by Gene? I missed it somehow....
A few posts down the page Cindy.   HERE

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Thanks Karl.   Did you replace the BG with sky? Very effective if you did!
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by Karl Egressy on Sun Jul 21, 2024 1:34 pm
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Cynthia Crawford wrote:
david fletcher wrote:
Cynthia Crawford wrote: Fabulous! A dynamic shot-I can really feel the action with those long, extended wings. What was the suggestion by Gene? I missed it somehow....
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Thanks Karl.   Did you replace the BG with sky? Very effective if you did!
No, I did not. The top image is actually has the water as a background. 
The bird flew right above the pier, and then went down and it shows the structure of the pier but the bird is still sharp. It carries around his fish to show off.
The pier is full of Caspian Terns.
 

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Karl Egressy wrote:
Cynthia Crawford wrote:
david fletcher wrote:
Cynthia Crawford wrote: Fabulous! A dynamic shot-I can really feel the action with those long, extended wings. What was the suggestion by Gene? I missed it somehow....
A few posts down the page Cindy.   HERE

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Thanks Karl.   Did you replace the BG with sky? Very effective if you did!
No, I did not. The top image is actually has the water as a background. 
The bird flew right above the pier, and then went down and it shows the structure of the pier but the bird is still sharp. It carries around his fish to show off.
The pier is full of Caspian Terns.
Got it! Just looked odd to see one picture in the thumbnail and another in the full frame. By the way , thanks DAVE, for pointing me to the dialogue. I'm a basket case today!!!
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by david fletcher on Sun Jul 21, 2024 2:22 pm
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Cynthia Crawford wrote:
Karl Egressy wrote:
Cynthia Crawford wrote:
david fletcher wrote:
Cynthia Crawford wrote: Fabulous! A dynamic shot-I can really feel the action with those long, extended wings. What was the suggestion by Gene? I missed it somehow....
A few posts down the page Cindy.   HERE

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Thanks Karl.   Did you replace the BG with sky? Very effective if you did!
No, I did not. The top image is actually has the water as a background. 
The bird flew right above the pier, and then went down and it shows the structure of the pier but the bird is still sharp. It carries around his fish to show off.
The pier is full of Caspian Terns.
Got it! Just looked odd to see one picture in the thumbnail and another in the full frame. By the way , thanks DAVE, for pointing me to the dialogue. I'm a basket case today!!!
No trouble Cindy.  Sorry to highjack this thread Karl, but an FYI moment for Cindy, re Foxy.. (she is indeed in the summer moult and is currently sitting two foot away with her soulful eyes burning into me)..LOL. 
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by peter makuch on Sun Jul 21, 2024 4:08 pm
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very nicely done on the wing details, superb.
 

by Axel Hildebrandt on Mon Jul 22, 2024 5:51 am
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Great takeoff pose and the fish adds to it, Karl. Neat to have a good number of these birds around.
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by Swissblad on Mon Jul 22, 2024 8:12 am
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Excellent catch, Karl - nice one!
 

by paul fletcher on Mon Jul 22, 2024 8:12 pm
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Excellent flight shot, Karl. The downwing perspective is quite dramatic, plus the captured fish, is a fine extra as well.
 

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