Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A wonderful series Jayanand, but something comes up in my mind... I always hate it when food gets stuck in my teeth. It looks like the heron has the same issue :-). Our herons hereabouts (same species, apparently) do the same thing, but I've never caught such a great sequence. Well done! Henning Wulff hjwulff at gmail.com On 2016-09-18, at 11:33 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > This ten frame sequence is my favourite of the three or four I managed to > photograph on the Pantanal trip. There are gaps in the frames, not because > of the camera's inability to track the subject, but because of my inability > to keep the subject centred on the frame, with the result that parts of the > bird are clipped by the frame. Anyway, I had ten good frames, so I > ruthlessly discarded the rest. The bird was quite close, so this is all > practically full frame - two or three have been cropped by 5-10% to try and > keep the framing more or less similar. That this was a big heron, slow > enough to keep track of through a viewfinder, made it relatively easier to > photograph compared to the fast and maneuverable hawks. > > Nikon D500 with the AF-S Nikkor 300mm f4E PF ED VR lens, wide open at > 1/3200s. The camera was on Auto ISO, so the ISO varies marginally from > frame to frame. > > The whole sequence is here: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/heron/ > > Please see LARGE > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >