[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by banjobob

Great photo , how do you get them in action like that?

You throw them a frog and they do anything for another.

[Captain Ruth]

Beautiful shot👍

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

You throw them a frog and they do anything for another.

Great idea, I am going to try that! LOL!

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by banjobob

Great photo , how do you get them in action like that?

I wrote a lengthily description above. But, basically sit and watch. You start to see patterns of how they feed, once you can guess when they are about to feed, then it becomes practicing to be able to twitch fast enough - since most of the time the entire catching a minnow or frog thing takes less than a second or two.

Old saying, if you snooze your lose.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by MartinSE

Great idea, I am going to try that! LOL!

I tried that with my wife once and that didnt quite work the way I hoped.

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by MartinSE

My "work flow" in shooting birds in flight is to sit and watch the birds around me. When I see one heading in for a splashdown I try to get a burst of shots around when it hits the water. My camera shoots bursts at 10 images per second. So, I try to get 3 to 5 at the point they hit the water. Then if they come up with a fish or something I keep the burst running for another 1/2 second to a second.

Then I watch them flying away. If they come my way, I take a few small bursts (3 or 4 images) at different points as they approach me. Then I try to get another short burst when they get where they are landing.

The two above were where it was landing. I have a couple in flight (boring) and a few when it caught the frog. Below. Sadly, this one pulled the frog out of the water and flew off in one swift movement. And none of the shots were worth posting.



And this one is in flight on its way back to the shore - again, "boring".



When shooting Birds in flight, I am just learning, and so I tend to shoot 3 to 5 frame bursts, and usually a couple of them are in focus (the bird is moving very fast at this point and not motion blurred). But, that does not mean they are "good". I shot about 100 images yesterday, and had about 20-25 "keepers". I hope to reduce my frame count (shoot fewer bursts) and get a higher number of keepers as I get better.

Wow.. more great photos from the master of wildlife...

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by DaleDivine

Wow.. more great photos from the master of wildlife...

Thank you