Trying moving stuff

BigAl

I've heard so often that the Bigma is useless for moving objects - too slow. I'm now trying to prove the naysayers wrong :wink


Egyptian Goose landing (this one is fairly heavily cropped):







For Harry, two Cattle Egret BiFs





[This is all new stuff for me. With the 350d, I never used burst mode - the new camera seems to enjoy it ]

dbaker1221

way to go Al!!! love the last shot.

I use bigma all the time for bifs....& yes I think that sometimes it is slow locking on.

Harryb

Good shots Al looks like your snowys are starting to get their mating colors.

bsquared

Yep that last ones the best of the crop

raptorcaptor

Last shot is excellent Big Al!

BigAl

dbaker1221 wrote:

way to go Al!!! love the last shot.

I use bigma all the time for bifs....& yes I think that sometimes it is slow locking on.

Thanks Dave! I feel that the 40d really does make a difference for picking up focus - looking forward to your d300 shots.

BigAl

Harryb wrote:

Good shots Al looks like your snowys are starting to get their mating colors.

Thanks Harry! Them aren't snowys, them are Cattle Egrets

Maestro

Good job! I really like the last one.

Ric Grupe

Send some of these pretty birds my way, will ya Al!?:D

The first is interesting...but, of course, the last is best.

kdog

Al, those cattle egret shots are great!

We saw hundreds of cattle egrets at the Salton Sea this past weekend, and I didn't get any shots of them as good as yours.

Cheers,
-joel

BigAl

bsquared wrote:

Yep that last ones the best of the crop

Thanks for commenting!

BigAl

raptorcaptor wrote:

Last shot is excellent Big Al!

Thanks Glenn - I'll prolly get the hang of it some time

BigAl

Maestro wrote:

Good job! I really like the last one.

Thanks Stephen!

BigAl

Ric Grupe wrote:

Send some of these pretty birds my way, will ya Al!?:D

The first is interesting...but, of course, the last is best.

Thanks Ric!

BigAl

kdog wrote:

Al, those cattle egret shots are great!

We saw hundreds of cattle egrets at the Salton Sea this past weekend, and I didn't get any shots of them as good as yours.

Cheers,
-joel

Thanks Joel! These shots were taken at a breeding colony, where there were also hundreds - like your experience, the breeding colony was just too far for decent pics.

jwear

last shot is the best --panning work on panning --good start

BigAl

jwear wrote:

last shot is the best --panning work on panning --good start

Thanks Jeff - I *do* need more practise with panning using a ball head.

riddim_maker

All we can do is maximize the use of the tools at our disposal,
and that's exactly what you seem to be doing Al
I concur with most here on the last shot of the Cattle Egret

BigAl

riddim_maker wrote:

All we can do is maximize the use of the tools at our disposal,
and that's exactly what you seem to be doing Al
I concur with most here on the last shot of the Cattle Egret

Thanks Russ! After your Salton Sea shots, I need to hide for a while

Yuri Pautov

Alan!
Congratulations! Wish your new camera bring you a lot of joy!
Wonderful photos also!
Yuri

dallas

Good shooting Al, and as all the others I love the last Cattle Egret, and the lunch in his mouth.

BigAl

Yuri Pautov wrote:

Alan!
Congratulations! Wish your new camera bring you a lot of joy!
Wonderful photos also!
Yuri

Hello Yuri! Nice to see you on this forum too, thanks for the comments.

BigAl

dallas wrote:

Good shooting Al, and as all the others I love the last Cattle Egret, and the lunch in his mouth.

Thanks William!