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Mallard flight ( with the mk111 so fingers crossed )

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 5, 2008 at 7:17 AM
Mallard flight ( with the mk111 so fingers crossed )
Hi to all,

Female mallard in flight , photographed this morning at Fairburn Ings , this was the first real chance i've had to test the mk111 for flight shots , first impressions don't seem too bad , this image is the second of a three shot burst with the first and third images being out of focus but I think thats down to my crap technique so well see how things progress over the coming weeks , thanks for looking.

Converted in DPP / Processed in CS2

Canon 1Dmk111 , 500F4IS + 1.4T/c , Gitzo1325 , Wimberley v2
1/1600th @ F8 iso640 +1/3rd E/comp RAW ( Servo + centre focus point over the eye )

All comments welcome

Regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Andy Astbury on March 5, 2008 at 7:21 AM
Looks pretty much spot on to me Andy - great BiF capture :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 5, 2008 at 7:26 AM
Hi Andy,

Looks spot on to me! Superb flight shot, well captured!
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Posted by Matt Cole on March 5, 2008 at 7:32 AM
wow, looks spot on to me too. The tricky bit is getting the AF point anywhere near the eye of a fast moving duck! This is a great shot.

Matt
Posted by John Chapman on March 5, 2008 at 8:16 AM
Spot on Andrew well caught. :toast:
John
Aberdeen :toast:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on March 5, 2008 at 9:08 AM
Hi Andrew,

Looks good to me, but as a fellow Mark3 owner i would like to challenge you to test the Mark3 on flightshots with more cluttered BG's so no Sky and no Water and also in Ai Servo with all focuspoints active.
I have had the experience that when shooting above water of with sky as a BG it works fine but when BG's get a bit cluttered (such as reed stems in the BG) i am having loads of problems getting a sharp image.

Curious how that goes with your Mark3!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Dave Courtenay on March 5, 2008 at 10:16 AM
Hi Andrew
Looks like a good'un-Agree with Jeroen and also in really bright conditions my MK3 is very inconsistant-trying to get it changed as we speak

Dave :toast:
Posted by Elliott Neep on March 5, 2008 at 10:43 AM
IMO, perfect in every detail. Love the muted grey background - adds something different to the typical blue sky shot. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Guy Rogers on March 5, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Its a thumbs up for me Andrew very nice. :wavey:
Posted by Paul King on March 5, 2008 at 11:59 AM
NIce one Andrew this really pops out at you. :toast:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on March 5, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Like it lots Andy

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Posted by Andy Bate on March 5, 2008 at 3:15 PM
great!! looks spot on to me!!!
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on March 6, 2008 at 2:59 AM
Wow, great shot. I like the tiny water droplets very much :smile:
Posted by Adrian North on March 6, 2008 at 4:57 AM
Very very nice. Looks like at least one Mk III works then! :biggrin:

Adrian
Posted by Paul Hillion on March 6, 2008 at 5:01 AM
I keep coming back for another look at this fab photo - love everything about it, from the perfect BG right down to the two water droplets. If I can come away with anything of this quality from my lovely new 1D3 then I'll be a happy chap :smile:

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 6, 2008 at 7:51 AM
Hi to all,

Thanks for the comments , cheers guys :toast:

Hi Jeroen , challenge accepted :biggrin:

Regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Justin on March 8, 2008 at 10:08 AM
Pleased to hear the new camera is producing the goods. The photographers skill looks none too shabby either.
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Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 8, 2008 at 2:08 PM


Cheers Justin :toast:

Regards

Andy... :smile: