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Faster than a speeding bullet........

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Posted by Stuart McCrae on September 23, 2007 at 2:44 PM
While out shooting dragonflies yesterday,I suddenly spotted this fella hovering above the lake,a speedy dive and this is the gettaway.
Had I been expecting this I would of upped the iso to get a better shutter speed but hey ho!!!!

Stu.

40D+100-400L

Focal length: 365.0mm
Exposure time: 1/800
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO equiv.: 400
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: spot
Posted by Alan Bryant on September 23, 2007 at 5:40 PM
Great capture :toast:
Posted by Elliott Neep on September 24, 2007 at 3:31 AM
Blimey that's a tall order! You must have Jedi reflexes :wink:
Posted by Jim Greenfield on September 24, 2007 at 4:21 AM
Quick on the draw - great reactions, well done
Posted by Andy Astbury on September 24, 2007 at 4:49 AM
Well the force really seemed to be with - what a great capture - I bet if you set up for that shot you'd struggle for a month of Sundays :biggrin: :biggrin:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on September 24, 2007 at 5:18 AM
Nice to see Stu things are falling into place, good effort. :toast:

steve
Posted by Stuart McCrae on September 24, 2007 at 12:32 PM
Cheers guys,
And yes if you set up for this it would never happen,lucky :-)

Stu.