I've been wanting to post here for awhile, but I never had anything worthy. I finally bought a decent enough telephoto lens and took it out today. Location: Midwest USA
You're doing well in avoiding motion blur for the in-flight photos. Was it a bright day so you could take at really fast speeds, or some other approach?
It wasn't really that bright as there was some overcast. I was also working against my M4/3 sensor and slow lens with the light. These were all taken at 228 mm, f/7.1 1/1600 sec, ISO 2500. There were plenty of duds, but you only need a few decent ones. Modern software is really amazing at denoising.
Thanks - that's faster than I can normally get away with, but then I'm using a full frame and almost 4x the lens length, so that's no great surprise! And denoising is indeed a joy.
I'd definitely have bought a longer zoom lens, but damn those things are expensive, lol. I wasn't sure if my camera could even keep up, so I didn't want to spend a ton. I can't justify $2000 on a lens, but I wish I could.
Nice pics! The one on the ground is my favorite, the lighting is really nice
Thanks! That means a lot. Birding is by far the hardest type of photography I've done so far, but it's damn fun and rewarding.
For sure, it's a massive exercise in patience!
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