BTG's going for a K.O!

Another one from the same shoot as the Avocet - the light was a bit gloomy and when the sun did show a bit I was shooting straight into it from the main hide when these two godies started!

Didn't want to push the iso past 250 as my D200 gets a bit noisy after that so I was stuck with 1/500th at f8 - not fast enough to stop all the motion, but I was still fairly pleased - or am I just deluded???!!!

Techs
D200
Sig 500 f4.5
ISO 250
Manual 1/500th @ f11 + 1EV

Thanks for looking

Andy

Good picture, reminds me alot of the iwp photo that won in 2006

Regards
Brian

Thats what came into my mind as well,Shame about the bright water but hey what can you do,I love the movement in the wings and all feet off the ground

Great action shot of beautiful birds and I agree with Dave about the water.
John
Aberdeen

Shame the light wasn't more in your favour,but still a fine behavioral image to have witnessed and captured.The slight movement in the wing tips certainly adds to the images appeal,IMHO.Nicely captured.

Andy,

I think the movement on the wings adds to the feeling of action, image is not frozen but rather imparts a certain sense of movement and drama. Nice.

I find my d200 starts to get noisy in the blacks from 400 upwards but still generally useable as long as I dont have to crop too tightly and have not underexposed. I have mine set with zero NR to maintain as much detail as possible and only apply NR in Capture NX if necessary. My D50 handled noise much better for a third of the price

John

Thanks for the feedback guys

There's nothing wrong with my D200 that a switch to Canon won't fix

Love the action Andy!

David

You are not deluded at all. Good action shot and good result working into the light