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« on: January 13, 2009, 11:02:20 AM »
Hey, I thought it would be great to see some of those great photos of birds in flight
from all you Pentaxians............  this should make some great viewing for sure.

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« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2009, 07:15:34 PM »
Was tracking this Heron with my...  Undecided humble Tamron 500mm f/8 Mirror lens. Is as if having to handled a fixed aperture on f/8 is not bad enough when Mr Sunshine decided to hide behind the clouds. With a shutter of only 1/125 at ISO800, I was so tempted to up it to 1600 but the very thought of having to live with noise is so...  Embarrassed unbearable, I decided to stick with 800 & panned the cam like crazy.

I avoid shooting at back-lighting & having to climb on a 'short' tree gave me a view-point whereby the ugly horizon is out-of-the-image, a change of perspective helps a-lot in nailing this shot.


ist*D, Tamron 500mm & lots of patience.... >D
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« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2009, 11:45:58 PM »
WOW, that is a wonderful shot. Good to see that at least sometimes patience is paying off.

Here is my humble offering (certainly doesn't compare to yours...)
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« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2009, 12:46:04 AM »
  This one is my first BIF. The original post has been buried, and it doen't come close to being as good as the two posted before. Taken on the Mississippi River while scouting for eagles.
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« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2009, 12:58:58 AM »
Swan in flight
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My wife drew my attention to this swan as I was facing away from the canal, so I just spun round and took the photo, no time to focus or adjust the settings, a lucky grab shot
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« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2009, 02:59:12 AM »
Some very nice BIF shots guys, congrats. Mula, that grab shot of the swam is super.
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« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2009, 03:10:37 AM »
I have a few BIF to share:

Arctic Tern, Iceland
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« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2009, 03:12:41 AM »
Northern Fulmar, Iceland
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« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2009, 03:13:41 AM »
Purple-throated Mountain-gem, Costa Rica
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« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2009, 03:18:05 AM »
Pelican, Botswana
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« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2009, 03:19:29 AM »
Cape Gannet, South Africa
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« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2009, 03:20:05 AM »
Here are some more from the archives....

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« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2009, 03:20:47 AM »
Gulls, Switzerland (at home)
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« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2009, 03:22:08 AM »
Dominique,

that's a pretty comprehensive set of BIF's! Maybe we should mention that "the auto focus of the Pentax is too slow to shoot BIFs!" At least that's what many posts over on depressing reviews suggest. Smiley

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« Reply #14 on: January 14, 2009, 03:22:18 AM »
More gulls, Switzerland
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