Gyr Falcon and Harris Hawk

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This was my first time shooting at a falconry display, so the results were not as good as I'd hoped, or as I see on here, but its a great way to learn I must say.

Any help on birds in flight would be much appreciated as I'd love to get someway to shooting some of the shots on here!

All shot on Oly e-620 and 70-300 Zuiko lens :

1. Gyr Falcon
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2. Gyr Falcon
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3. Gyr Falcon
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4. Harris Hawk
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Thats the best of the bunch....there were other birds, especially a peregrine falcon, which the dude called down to a lure and it was bloody quick! I just put the camera down and watched him as it was awesome to see! (y)

Thanks for looking and helping is possible!
 
As another falconer, i can second what cobra has writen, the image postec below is that of a hybrid falcon, travelling at speed on level flight about 50mph, i used a nikon d300 with a 70-200 lens, used 21 point AF and tracked the falcon as it came by, shot on continuous burst in the hope at least one was nailed:cool:. Ive used the 3d tracking on the d300 with some sucess, but prefer to use 21point to give a better area coverage and use spot metering.

 
Effjay said:
So if I was using the centre AF point and not all of them, is that were I was missing focus on a alot of the flight shots? Would make sense. Thats a cracker shot btw!
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not sure what camera your using, but on the d300 i have the option of 51 point, 21 point, 11 point and single point focus, so if i select a focus box i get the 20 'boxes' surrounding it used as focus points, so as long as the subject is in that are it will accuratly hit the spot...most of the time(y)
your more likely to get faster lock on a subject by using less focus boxes, not all boxes...then its upto you to track and hope
 
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