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Female pochard in-flight

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Posted by Alan Bryant on January 29, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Female pochard in-flight
1D MK3
500f4
ISO 250
1/1600 @ f5.6

C & C welcome

Thanks for looking :wavey:
Posted by Andy Astbury on January 29, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Stunner Alan :toast:

Just the right amount of movement in the wing tips :wavey:
Posted by Jim Greenfield on January 29, 2008 at 12:32 PM
That is startlingly good.
Posted by Paul Inglis on January 29, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Hi Alan,

I think you've nailed it! Nice one!
Posted by Major Gilbert on January 29, 2008 at 2:13 PM
The ducks been well caught Alan. :toast:

Major.
Posted by Paul Ashton on January 29, 2008 at 3:33 PM
Perfect timing Alan.
Posted by Graeme Lee on January 29, 2008 at 6:28 PM
Great comp Alan :toast:
Posted by John Chapman on January 30, 2008 at 5:07 AM
Great flight shot Alan :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by eric weight on January 30, 2008 at 1:16 PM
You're certainly racking up a good score of quality flight images Alan. I thought these Mk3s were crap at focussing on moving targets? Has yours been updated? Sorry if you've already answered that and I've missed it.
:toast: :toast: Eric
Posted by Alan Bryant on January 30, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Eric - I had the "fix" done, and my 1d3 is awesome.It stays locked on when taking flight shots, and only looses focus when i cant keep the subject on the focus point lol.But when its back on the focus point it focuses straight away(very fast aswell).

Static or taking a subject moving towards me, it stays in focus with no searching :cool:

Plus i must add, i've left all the custom functions in standard.The only one i've changed is where the AF-ON button on the back does the focusing, NOT the shutter button.

I love it :smile:
Posted by Guy Rogers on January 31, 2008 at 2:43 PM
Hello Alan.
Nice flight shot. :wavey: