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Migrant Hawker

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Posted by David Kjaer on August 31, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Migrant Hawker
Canon 1D MkIII 300mm f2.8 IS + x1.4 iso 800 f9 at 1/1250
Posted by Dave Courtenay on August 31, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Yep thats a good'un-super sharp-very nice indeed

Dave :wavey: :toast: :wavey:
Posted by stewart canham on September 1, 2009 at 3:16 AM
I dont think you can improve on this, excellent control...
Stewart......
Posted by Andy Shepherd on September 1, 2009 at 3:22 AM


Superbly done David, I think this has to be the sharpest DIF shot I've ever seen, top draw image.

Andy...
Posted by Barry Southon on September 1, 2009 at 3:25 AM
David

That really is a stunner. Flight shots are difficult at the best of times. Sharp detail.
:wink:
Posted by David Sewell on September 1, 2009 at 4:26 AM
I have tried (and failed) to get this many a time. As Barry says, a real stunner.

David

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on September 1, 2009 at 4:47 AM
I've tried and failed soooo many times David - that's you off my christmas card list :biggrin: :biggrin: :smile:

It's all been said - cracker :wavey:
Posted by Peter Woods on September 1, 2009 at 7:41 AM
David
Lovely image, well done on getting a sharp DIF :wink:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on September 1, 2009 at 8:10 AM
Nice one David :toast:

I know how hard they are to capture :rolleyes:
Posted by Tim Gregory on September 1, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Not bad at all!

:cool:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on September 1, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Wowzers....That's darn good!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on September 1, 2009 at 9:22 AM
I'm intrigued as to know how long this took to achieve, David? Also, were you panning and AF-ing or was the camera locked-off and the focus preset?

Top drawer, right down to the amount of blur in the wings.
A very high standard of work.

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Brett Lewis on September 1, 2009 at 10:32 AM
:eek: simply WOW... I know just how hard it is to get these images and this is really very good David.

Very nice work.

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by jack chapman on September 1, 2009 at 1:29 PM
beautifully clear image, pose is great too, can't fault it
Posted by Maggie Campbell on September 1, 2009 at 1:45 PM
I'm afraid I join the other failures on DIF :mad:

Great shot well done :wavey:
Posted by David Kjaer on September 1, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Hi Chris

I went out especially trying to get Hawkers in flight where they were regularly patroling in front of a permanent hide. They will occasionally stop and hover when I would manually focus just in front of them and then use AF servo - to try and AF without using manual focus first is almost impossible. I did come home with some 40+ sharp images!

Regards
David
Posted by Guy Rogers on September 1, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Hello David.

Never easy these but its well worth the effort when they come out as good as this.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by David Taylor on September 1, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Excellent result. Well done. :smile:

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Justin on September 2, 2009 at 3:32 AM
Hi David,

You've captured this one perfectly. The green background sets the dragonfly off superbly.
:cool: :toast:
Posted by Bob Cox on September 2, 2009 at 6:02 AM
Not a lot to say about this , it is what it is , spot on !.

Bob.
Posted by Danny Green on September 3, 2009 at 3:51 AM
Fantastic shot, not easy this and you have nailed this one Dave.

Danny :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paul Hobson on September 3, 2009 at 4:08 AM
Hi Dave

very good indeed, excellent image

Paul
Posted by Marcus Conway on September 3, 2009 at 5:06 AM
Fantastic technique to get this one. Interesting to see how it tucks the legs in too.
Brilliant :toast: