Osprey: Have been practicing with birds in flight and finally feel like I have an idea how to do it! Was successful over the weekend while fishing on the Clark Fork in Noxon MT....what...

CindyHouk Loc: Nw MT

Have been practicing with birds in flight and finally feel like I have an idea how to do it! Was successful over the weekend while fishing on the Clark Fork in Noxon MT....what do you all think? I did crop them in some.
Nikon D800, Tamron 150-600, 1/3200, F9, 600 & 250mm iso 2000

600mm

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600 Take off
600 Take off...

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250 mm
250 mm...

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OMG I actually took this!! 250 mm

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Up and away he went
Up and away he went...

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Yes I actually fished for a little while!

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nf9a

WOW!!!!! the photos are great but dinner musta been super.. Shore lunch?

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent work, Cindy! BTW that is some fish.

fergmark Loc: norwalk connecticut

I have begun to enjoy photographing these birds also. There is a whole different camera awareness with BIF. Finding the right shutter speed to freeze movement. The benefits of underexposing white birds. I looked at your camera settings, and your shutter speed is 3200 with an ISO of 2000. I can say that in my limited experience, a shutter speed of 2000 will freeze water drops, and would suggest that it would probably be safe to slow down your shutter speed and lower your ISO. I think you have some great shots here. Mark

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

CindyHouk wrote:

Have been practicing with birds in flight and finally feel like I have an idea how to do it! Was successful over the weekend while fishing on the Clark Fork in Noxon MT....what do you all think? I did crop them in some.
Nikon D800, Tamron 150-600, 1/3200, F9, 600 & 250mm iso 2000

Nice set Cindy.

Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania

CindyHouk wrote:

Have been practicing with birds in flight and finally feel like I have an idea how to do it! Was successful over the weekend while fishing on the Clark Fork in Noxon MT....what do you all think? I did crop them in some.
Nikon D800, Tamron 150-600, 1/3200, F9, 600 & 250mm iso 2000

Great series Cindy...looks like you were the better fisherman though😉

CindyHouk Loc: Nw MT

nf9a wrote:

WOW!!!!! the photos are great but dinner musta been super.. Shore lunch?

Thank you and dinner was AWESOME!

CindyHouk Loc: Nw MT

UTMike wrote:

Excellent work, Cindy! BTW that is some fish.

Thanks and that fish was fun to catch!

CindyHouk Loc: Nw MT

fergmark wrote:

I have begun to enjoy photographing these birds al... (show quote)

Thanks for the suggestions - I will try that next time, this was the first time I was really able to get the bird in focus and keep the entire bird in the frame...lol!

CindyHouk Loc: Nw MT

J-SPEIGHT wrote:

Nice set Cindy.

Thanks!

CindyHouk Loc: Nw MT

Carolina Wings wrote:

Great series Cindy...looks like you were the better fisherman though😉

Thanks and he tried to get a fish but my pics were not in focus of him diving in the water...neither one of us was successful at that attempt...lol

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Excellent, Cindy.

rockdog Loc: Berkeley, Ca.

CindyHouk wrote:

Have been practicing with birds in flight and finally feel like I have an idea how to do it! Was successful over the weekend while fishing on the Clark Fork in Noxon MT....what do you all think? I did crop them in some.
Nikon D800, Tamron 150-600, 1/3200, F9, 600 & 250mm iso 2000

Wow you had a great day Cindy! No 4 is a very cool shot.

CindyHouk Loc: Nw MT

kpmac wrote:

Excellent, Cindy.

Thanks!

CindyHouk Loc: Nw MT

[quote=rockdog]Wow you had a great day Cindy! No 4 is a very cool shot.[/quote

#4 is my favorite....I am going to play and see if I can get rid of the tree limb in the upper right corner...that might make it better. I just purchased the Affinity program but have no clue how to use it...lol..this will be a good learning experience.