Well, your results are terrific, Paul. Makes me think I should try shooting
bursts.
(Goes against the grain of an old film guy, but hey, I'm not paying for
used digits am I?)
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Paul Laughlin <pelaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Thanks, Rick. Actually, he was very busy. Pecking around in those
> grooves in the walk. I was shooting in bursts at 5 frames per sec, and
> managed to salvage 5 or 6 out of 46 frames.
> The camera is set up on a tripod at a window, on an AC adapter so that I
> can leave it turned on all the time. In manual focus and prefocused on
> a strategic spot so that I can fire with the remote shutter release.
> For the Flicker, I saw him land on the walk and went to the camera,
> switched to AF, full zoom aimed and started shooting bursts. There is
> no way I can get that kind of shot shooting single shots. LOL The birds
> just keep moving around and so quick.
> Paul in Portland OR
>
> On 7/5/2012 8:04 AM, Rick Beckrich wrote:
> > What civilized birds you have, Paul... strutting down the sidewalk like
> > that.
> >
> > Ours usually sneak off into the woods at the first sign of motion.
> >
> > Great capture!
> >
>
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