"Umm fish?"
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Thanks, y'all!
Let's see those action shots! (in motion)
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IPT
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Thanks Doug.
Man there is something about blue and white. Love the snowy mtns after a fresh snowfall. Like the plums from the jets against the sky - cool composition too.
Toddrtrex - looks like a crazy place to glisade down. I remember climbing up somewhere in the Cascades using my hands often. Man when I came back down it was insane. Almsot the only safe way to do it was either sliding or leaping and bounding your way down!
The fox - man I remember in Denali NP we were biking and I saw a fox. We stopped to watch it. We stood still and it started again trotting down the road. My g/f was freaking out thinking it would attack her. i told her just to relax, it didn't care about her. It didn't either, it walk right inbetween us like we were just some trees!! I'll have to try and find the pictures. Imagine how freaked out she was when I left her to get the bear spray (that she forgot) and I came back to three wolves watching her!! Luckly by then she was more in tune with nature and didn't wig out.
This thread has inspired me to get more panning shots. I will be going to try and get some more eagle shots in a month or so. Think I'll experiment with a little slower shutter speeds and panning.
Man there is something about blue and white. Love the snowy mtns after a fresh snowfall. Like the plums from the jets against the sky - cool composition too.
Toddrtrex - looks like a crazy place to glisade down. I remember climbing up somewhere in the Cascades using my hands often. Man when I came back down it was insane. Almsot the only safe way to do it was either sliding or leaping and bounding your way down!
The fox - man I remember in Denali NP we were biking and I saw a fox. We stopped to watch it. We stood still and it started again trotting down the road. My g/f was freaking out thinking it would attack her. i told her just to relax, it didn't care about her. It didn't either, it walk right inbetween us like we were just some trees!! I'll have to try and find the pictures. Imagine how freaked out she was when I left her to get the bear spray (that she forgot) and I came back to three wolves watching her!! Luckly by then she was more in tune with nature and didn't wig out.
This thread has inspired me to get more panning shots. I will be going to try and get some more eagle shots in a month or so. Think I'll experiment with a little slower shutter speeds and panning.
Toddrtrex
Premium Member
Yea, that was near the base of Middle Teton ( Wyoming ), got to love 20 feet of snow in the middle of June. That was my brother in law doing it, really wish he would have jumped more. There is an old picture of my brother doing the same thing, about 25 years ago. I will have to see if I can find it.
I really wanted to do it, but was still recovering from back surgery, and shouldn't have even been hiking.
Toddrtrex
Premium Member
Found another action shot. Not sure about the settings, since I didn't take the picture.
I am the one on the front with the green hat. If you look closely at the guy on the right, with the red hat, you will notice that he isn't in the boat. He did manage to get back in eventually.
I am the one on the front with the green hat. If you look closely at the guy on the right, with the red hat, you will notice that he isn't in the boat. He did manage to get back in eventually.
Hendersonracing
Active member
Ok im now dizzy after all that!
IPT
Active member
Finally found a panning shot. The hard part is getting the critical part in focus. I have lots of blurry pictures (LOL) that I can post - do they coun't for movement 
1/40th
F14
ISO 500
300mm hand held
This was awesome. Arrived just after the Eagle pulled the fish from the river. Then the Magpies trid to steal what they could. Shooting hand held from the side of the road as traffic whipped by in a not so good place to park... the chances we take for a good image! Can't you sense the panic?
1/400th
F5.6
ISO 640
420mm hand held
1/40th
F14
ISO 500
300mm hand held
This was awesome. Arrived just after the Eagle pulled the fish from the river. Then the Magpies trid to steal what they could. Shooting hand held from the side of the road as traffic whipped by in a not so good place to park... the chances we take for a good image! Can't you sense the panic?
1/400th
F5.6
ISO 640
420mm hand held
Toddrtrex
Premium Member
For me, the way I do it take 1000 pictures, and then find the couple that look good.
That is one thing I really like about digital cameras, it is so easy to delete a bad picture, don't have to worry about wasting film.
And I wasn't kidding about 1000 pictures, that is how many I took on a 8 day hiking trip. Sure I ended up deleted 75% of them, but learned with each mistake.
That is one thing I really like about digital cameras, it is so easy to delete a bad picture, don't have to worry about wasting film.
And I wasn't kidding about 1000 pictures, that is how many I took on a 8 day hiking trip. Sure I ended up deleted 75% of them, but learned with each mistake.
TitusvileSurfer
New member
Use a tripod, brace yourself against something, or just have real steady hands.
"Umm fish?"
Premium Member
Mine was handheld, but I had my elbows braced on the ground. Hope that helps!
dancewithethan
Ethan M
same as my previous post...
IPT
Active member
T5 - when you're shooting like that you are going to get a lot of blurry images. In fact, if you look at the eagle shot (flying) most of the image is blurry (except the head and eye). That is exactly what makes these shots work to covey the motion. The trick is trying to pace whatever your shooting so it is not moving relative to the camera. So in essence it is not moving but the background is. It takes a lot of practice, a lot of wasted/blurry images, and a bit of luck for these shots to come together. I find a tripod to be a hinderence for these shots (though the one with the Eagle protecting it's kill and the "motion" frozen a tripod would have been awesome - just not possible because of where I was and how fast it all happened). If you get what I think is called a "Wimberly" head it helps. I think these are made more for wildlife photography and are great for long lenses or panning.
sunfish11
Premium Member
Camera is a Cannon Rebel XTi
I don't have the photo data because I am traveling and the photos didn't retain the data on photobucket.
They are all of my son racing.
Here is one of my horse
This was taken with a cannon 3.2 MP point and shoot.
I love the ladybug shot! The pelican and the eagle shots are also awsome!
Lisa
TitusvileSurfer
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Dang your good at panning! I mean that is incredible!
