[Leica] Shooting Eagles with the D4 and 80 - 400 VR zoom

[ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)]

nice action

ric


On Jul 17, 2014, at 3:59 PM, H&E Cummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:

> Hi Luggers,
> Yesterday I went to Otter Bay with the D4 and the 80 400 VR zoom but the 
> eagles did not appear.
> 
> Today I had more luck - they were there - and I arrived as the Stand owner 
> was about to feed them.
> 
> I cranked up the D4 - with AFC and 10 fps and fired away - using various 
> focus patterns to try and
> catch the birds. I was not as successful as I hoped and have asked Luggers 
> with D4's off list
> for their tips on what focus setting is optimal to capture in focus flying 
> birds. Who know who you are!! :-)
> 
> Here are the best of today starting with:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/7334.jpg.html>
> 
> Eagle landing on dead tree.
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/7337.jpg.html>
> 
> Eagle taking off from the ferry dock
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/7339.jpg.html>
> 
> Close up of the flight
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/7340.jpg.html>
> 
> Flying at me
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/7394.jpg.html>
> 
> Wing tip over water - I really like this reflection kind of shot 
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/7544.jpg.html>
> 
> Flying against a blue water background back to the nest.
> 
> Please look large. C&C always welcome.
> 
> Howard
> 
> PS : I would add that processing 16Mp images is much faster on my old I 
> Mac computer than 36Mp images from the D800E
> but I do miss the vast acreage available for cropping from the 800.
> 
> 
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