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Nuclear bomb of Starlings

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Posted by Mike Acreman on February 20, 2009 at 2:49 PM
Nuclear bomb of Starlings
one more taken near taunton this evening canon 40d 15-55 lense iso 800
Posted by Richard Peters on February 20, 2009 at 3:07 PM
Your capturing some great shapes in these flocks!!

You really need to replace that broken CAPS LOCK key on your keyboard though :biggrin:
Posted by Mike Acreman on February 20, 2009 at 3:22 PM
fixed caps lock
Posted by Tom Smit on February 20, 2009 at 6:14 PM
A dangerous one. :biggrin:
Unbelievable how artistic these birds are and how you get this on a picture.
:toast: :toast:
Posted by Bob Cox on February 20, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Suppose the real trick with these birds is to get them top for the shape you want on demand!

Bob
Posted by Mike Smith on February 21, 2009 at 3:09 AM
Ceratinly they have been an interesting series of images, but on a critical level, you have massive intrusive noise in this image and I find the camera shake in all of them fairly distracting.

What are the technicals in all of the shots?, ie ISO and shutter speeed, method of holding camera (presumably all hand held?) - a monopod for instance would help overcome the shakes and is sufficiently "flexible" to keep up with the flock swirling speed.

If you can overcome the noise and shakes your images would improve immeasurably
Posted by Mike Acreman on February 21, 2009 at 10:01 AM
many thanks for your comments taken on board