Forum: Lens Clubs
10-19-2016, 03:34 AM
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Black Swan doing the contortionist thing they do.
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05-21-2016, 05:19 AM
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A rare visitor to the big smoke. A Powerful Owl (Victoria's largest owl species) way up high.
K3ii, DA*300mm F4, 1.4TC, Manfrotto 055 tripod and remote shutter release. Mirror lock up.
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05-08-2016, 05:19 AM
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Grey-headed Flying Fox, Yarra Bend Park, Melbourne.
Too cloudy for BIF shots yesterday. GHFFs give you very good BIF opportunities when they grab a drink - they skim the river surface to soak their shirt fronts, then hop in a tree and lick it off.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-25-2016, 03:53 AM
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Little Raven*, Mentone Beach, Melbourne, this arvo. K3ii and DA* 300mm F4.
*Probably - raven/crow identification is the second most fraught thing in Oz bird identification after albatrosses.
I think she/ he is saying: "That's close enough human. We're tame but not that tame."
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04-03-2016, 06:12 PM
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Eastern Greys in the early morning light. Hall's Gap, Victoria.
Only took the wobbly tripod for landscape shots and left the shutter release back at the guest house. Fortunately, there are three kangaroos for every person so you have more than one chance to get the perfect shot..
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03-28-2016, 11:33 PM
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03-28-2016, 11:15 PM
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I'm left eyed and every time I have tried to use BBF, I poke my thumb in my right eye. BBF is awesome for right eyed people though.
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03-22-2016, 04:45 AM
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Here's one in colour.
There are about 60 000 of them so you never have to worry if you miss a shot.
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03-22-2016, 04:35 AM
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Grey-headed Flying Fox, Yarra Bend, Melbourne.
*Yarra is Wurundjeri for "seriously muddy river." It is a river well-suited to B&W photography. ; )
Flying Foxes always look like they have to concentrate in order to fly. That makes them great subjects. This shot is a bit of a focus miss but people seem to like it and, for BIF shots in particular we shouldn't be too attached to perfect focus.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
03-21-2016, 09:43 PM
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I usually use spot focus for BIF but sometimes use whatever you call the focus option where you have the centre spot displayed in red and the surrounding 8 spots displayed in pink (That's on my newish K3ii, the K7 doesn't have it). I take the second option for really fast and/or small birds, like swallows and lorikeets and when there is nothing in the background that will get focused on instead of the bird.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-24-2016, 07:56 PM
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I started off shooting BIF with a lightweight travel tripod and a ball head. The results were underwhelming.
I now use a chunkier tripod and a joystick head, which is reverse mounted so I use it with my left hand. This combo usually works much better for me than handholding, especially for soaring and hovering birds.
You need to persevere with using a tripod but you also need the right tripod/ head combination.
Edit; Oops, just saw your follow up post. Beautiful shots!
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