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Quite new to this still - only 3 sightings so far. While making progress on portraits really struggling with capturing anything decent in flight:
1. Portrait in the rain
Kingfisher_IF-4 by Good Lux Photos, on Flickr
In flight attempts
2. Kingfisher_IF-3 by Good Lux Photos, on Flickr
3. Kingfisher_IF-2 by Good Lux Photos, on Flickr
4. Kingfisher_IF by Good Lux Photos, on Flickr
The perches are a long way from the hide and there's no way to move closer so I'm at maximum length 600mm + 2x extender. I'm finding it very difficult to track as at the distance the kingfisher is not even filling an AF point so it's quite hit and miss obtaining focus. I went for 1/2000th and f8 which keeps ISO reasonable and using back button focus, single AF point and case 2 tracking. Any suggestions for how to improve?
Tim
1. Portrait in the rain
Kingfisher_IF-4 by Good Lux Photos, on Flickr
In flight attempts
2. Kingfisher_IF-3 by Good Lux Photos, on Flickr
3. Kingfisher_IF-2 by Good Lux Photos, on Flickr
4. Kingfisher_IF by Good Lux Photos, on Flickr
The perches are a long way from the hide and there's no way to move closer so I'm at maximum length 600mm + 2x extender. I'm finding it very difficult to track as at the distance the kingfisher is not even filling an AF point so it's quite hit and miss obtaining focus. I went for 1/2000th and f8 which keeps ISO reasonable and using back button focus, single AF point and case 2 tracking. Any suggestions for how to improve?
Tim