More photos (a story)
May. 22nd, 2008 09:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pecuniumOne, "shoots" photographs. In a lot of ways it's nothing like using a rifle (and in no way is it like using a pistol, or a bow).
Yes, one can make grab shots; and sometimes one gets lucky, but if one want's to put food on the table, it takes planning, and patience; knowledge of the subject and an idea of what one wants.
Birds. Birds are fun. They move, they are colorful, and they have habits.
Ducks have some very predictable habits. They are heavy, as a result they tend to take off, and land with the wind in their face (taking off is more variable... scare them from the upwind side, and they will take off with the wind behind them, but they don't like it).
That's a real benefit if one want's to get shots of them on the wing.
Downleg Turn
Line up
On Final
Stalling down
To be honest, I cheated with this series. It's two separate ducks. That's where the consistency of their behavior (and knowing about it... Fortune favors the prepared mind), helps.
Yes, one can make grab shots; and sometimes one gets lucky, but if one want's to put food on the table, it takes planning, and patience; knowledge of the subject and an idea of what one wants.
Birds. Birds are fun. They move, they are colorful, and they have habits.
Ducks have some very predictable habits. They are heavy, as a result they tend to take off, and land with the wind in their face (taking off is more variable... scare them from the upwind side, and they will take off with the wind behind them, but they don't like it).
That's a real benefit if one want's to get shots of them on the wing.
Downleg Turn
Line up
On Final
Stalling down
To be honest, I cheated with this series. It's two separate ducks. That's where the consistency of their behavior (and knowing about it... Fortune favors the prepared mind), helps.
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Date: 2008-05-22 05:47 pm (UTC)For this it was either a Tamron 35-300 f3.5-5.6, or the Nikon 75-300 3.5-5.6.
For some reason the Exif information is missing from these files, so I'm not certain. Probably, it was the Nikon. The Tamron is a little soft, and I pretty much only carry it when I have weight/space/time constraints.
I don't think I took these afte the tripod fell, and broke that Tamron (which I replaced with a 28-300 f3.5-5.6).