Working on something new - chickadee's in flight
 

Greetings,</p>
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<p>As if I needed a new challenge <img src="http://thephotoforum.com/forum/images/smilies/sexywink.gif" border="0" alt="" title="sexy wink" smilieid="126" class="inlineimg" /></p>
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<p>Please note I did not have the light for these shots, just looking to see if it was possible.</p>
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<p>Tripod, Manual focus to a point just in front of the feeder, speed as high as possible. </p>
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<p>I tried single and burst mode with and without remote shutter release and what it seems to boil down to is timing. </p>
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<p>The chickadee's stage in the bush across from the feeder and there is one particular branch on one tree that yields a fairly consistent flight path.</p>
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<p>The &quot;trick&quot; is setting the focus and timing the shutter release so the bird is in the dof <img src="http://thephotoforum.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Wink" smilieid="35" class="inlineimg" /></p>
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<p>Strong back light...</p>
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<p><img src="http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg202/donkondra/Chickadeeinflight.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>
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<p>On these next two shots it was totally overcast and could have benefited from +Exp Comp, sigh..</p>
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<p><img src="http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg202/donkondra/Inflighttwo.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>
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<p><img src="http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg202/donkondra/Inflightthree.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Cheers, Don</p>
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