bernieboutin
American Avocet_Flying Lady
One last Avocet shot. I tried to be patient and wait for them to come to me, and have done so in the past with success, but on this occasion they seemed to have a magic line that they would not cross. As carefully as I could I tried to slowly inch in closer, but inevitably they would take off, and circle back to settle back down a little bit farther away. Smart birds I suppose. I was not meaning to stress them or anything, and I think I was more of an inconvenience to them as opposed to being an out and out threat. During the two times that they did temporarily take to flight I had a chance for some in flight shots. They are fairly slow in the air in my opinion so perfect for someone like me who does not spend much time in capturing birds in flight.
Detail is only so good, partially because of my panning ability and partly because of the distance as this is a crop to original pixels without any reduction at all. Still I am quite happy to get what I did.
American Avocet_Flying Lady
One last Avocet shot. I tried to be patient and wait for them to come to me, and have done so in the past with success, but on this occasion they seemed to have a magic line that they would not cross. As carefully as I could I tried to slowly inch in closer, but inevitably they would take off, and circle back to settle back down a little bit farther away. Smart birds I suppose. I was not meaning to stress them or anything, and I think I was more of an inconvenience to them as opposed to being an out and out threat. During the two times that they did temporarily take to flight I had a chance for some in flight shots. They are fairly slow in the air in my opinion so perfect for someone like me who does not spend much time in capturing birds in flight.
Detail is only so good, partially because of my panning ability and partly because of the distance as this is a crop to original pixels without any reduction at all. Still I am quite happy to get what I did.