Mute swan ... scooting / sprinting _2
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Thought it was about time for a version with lots of stripey bits - just for Jim (pathfinder)
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If one were to be too picky, I would say I wished just a little more room up top...
Cheers!
I like the composition just fine. The stripey bits don't bother me at all. This is a great demonstration of the water level shooting Paul has on his website.
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Oh, there's plenty of 'room up top' S, 'cos whatever little used to exist between my ears decades ago has leaked out, leaving the yawning chasm that exists today ...
No, you're not being 'picky' - I too would've liked more bg above the subject - since there would've been more great water there, together with other crop possibilities ... however ...
This is frame 6 of 8 of this action.
Prior to this I'd been photographing another swan (a juvenile) much closer, that was in the water, paddling towards me - so my AF point (on its eye) was the top R corner one of the centre block on the 7Dm2.
Iirc, I then heard the slapping noise of the scooting swan's wings on the water, lifted head (from angle finder) to see where this noise was coming from - and in which direction it was travelling - I moved cam and tried to get a lock.
Many silent oaths were uttered about the AF point location after that, because of what I could see in the viewfinder - but I kept shooting (and) fingers crossed ... and hoped.
Exif shows a 9 sec gap between previous pic and first pic of this sequence and a 2 sec period covering the 8 frames of the action.
A better / quicker / more experienced 'tog than I would've probably shifted the AF point automatically in the 9 sec gap, having assessed the situation ...
I've no idea what others (would) do in this situation - but I'm happy that I got a half decent crop (this represents approx. 60% of orig area) out of it.
Having said all of this, I could probably add more, nicked from the previous frame, since the swan's wings are horizontal, providing a clean bg area.
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How many times does it happen that we hear the action before we see it?
This often happens while photographing wildlife.
And then you try to scurry around and acquire focus and composition in a big hurry.
It is interesting/scary/exciting when you hear a whale exhale behind you that you didn't even know was there.
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Nice play by play PP! Great shot nonetheless! Cheers!
Reckon someone's been watching me in action (using the term loosely) under normal conditions ..let alone semi panic scenarios ...
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Phil
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Thought the last shot of the sequence was a better fit, but after another look, I reckon it's more similar to one of the Antonovs
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Love / hate relationship with these critters - they sometimes offer opportunities (rarely taken) like this, but more often than not - like today, they paddle so close they block off half the lake and the other birds ... and when they're not doing this, they lurk in the bg and render out as oof white blobs - great - not !
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