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Old 11-21-2019, 10:23 AM
echappist echappist is offline
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Originally Posted by benb View Post
Impressive songbirds are like methheads... they never stop moving.

I really want a great flight shot or a shot of a bird taking off in my quiver of photos.. I have some of slower moving birds like Gulls (easy), Pigeons (harder), etc..

I have one neat shot of a blue jay splashing in the water.. otherwise it seems any time I spot a cool bird perched I get a bunch of shots of it sitting still that are great and then I manage to blow the shot when it takes off. There is a lot of skill required there, and I know it's not my gear.
I hear you

when I first got started, I ended up spending so much time on it, that it ate into my time for cycling. One would imagine that this could easily take 4 hrs on a weekend morning (or more)

I don't really dare to dream that I can capture the good action shots (taking off, landing, etc). maybe when i'm retired
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