Like following a bullet in flight

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16 replies

Posted by Paul Gibbs on June 28, 2008 at 12:08 PM

D40! and Nikkor 300mm f4 ISO200 f4 1/800s

Posted by Barry Southon on June 28, 2008 at 1:55 PM

Paul

A great flight shot.

Barry

Kansas / Eastbourne

Posted by jack chapman on June 28, 2008 at 2:20 PM

as near to perfect as any puffin flight shot i've ever seen

Posted by John Robinson on June 28, 2008 at 2:27 PM

That's a cracker !
D40 eh ? !! Good old Nikon
JohnR

Posted by David Taylor on June 28, 2008 at 3:02 PM

Superb capture!!

Posted by Daniel Read on June 28, 2008 at 3:39 PM

Shows you don't need the most expensive gear in the world to get a great shot. It's nice and sharp, and the two-tone background works well.

Cheers,

Dan.

Posted by Matt Cole on June 28, 2008 at 3:56 PM

well captured, a very nice in-flight image.

Matt

Posted by Tom_W on June 28, 2008 at 4:24 PM

Nice crisp shot and well positioned in the frame.

Posted by Des Ong on June 28, 2008 at 5:05 PM

Know what you mean. Super shot

Posted by Ian Macdermott on June 28, 2008 at 7:58 PM

Very nice flight shot Paul well caught nice pose and background. Only niggle for me is the body looks a bit hot. Other than that very minor nit great

Ian

Posted by Magnus Hird on June 29, 2008 at 5:35 AM

Great result Paul. BG, positioning, sharpness all spot on

Posted by John MacTavish on June 29, 2008 at 7:42 AM

Tricky to get, but you've nailed this one.
Full frame?

John

Posted by Paul Gibbs on June 29, 2008 at 7:45 AM

Full frame cropped to 4:3 so as to improve comp. Also to ian, its hot but not entirely blown, there is detail in the full image.

The D40 isnt as good as the D2X (well it shouldnt be!) but its more then capable of getting good images!

Posted by IANMASON on July 1, 2008 at 5:42 AM

Fantastic capture! I would darken the image just a little.

Posted by Gary Beers on July 1, 2008 at 6:52 AM

Very nice - I'm jealous! I don't think I got anything this good from my trip (Haven't checked through yet)

Posted by eric weight on July 1, 2008 at 12:28 PM

Looks very good to me. Impressive flight shot.

Eric

Posted by Robert Lawrence on July 1, 2008 at 3:24 PM

Superb shot Paul. I was shooting these on the weekend and I know just how difficult it is to get a good image (and I've got nothing as good as this!). It put me in mind of Grouse shooting on the moors.