D2X~Tried New Flight Settings

Geeeeezzzz Jim I forgot to hit the darn submit button again. Getting old is not fun..

Anyway.........

Great images all of them.
Sunset goes without saying Perfect and beautiful.

All the birds look just great.

Gull are not boring. In fact quite challenging as they change direction at times in a split second. Great practice to. lol

Egrets look great and the light is spectacular.

There is that a good review. lolol

You may be on to something with the new settings.

 

Hey Jim

I second Gale's comments about the images - and the seagulls. :lol:

What other setting combos have you tried, and with what success or problems? And what would you use now with a background of trees. Finally, have you tried closest focus trying to single out one bird in a group? I would think the focus would go crazy.

Thanks -

Gordon

 

Gale - You aren't old! My philosophy is "You are only as old as you think you are", and you certainly don't think old or you would be sitting in a chair vegetating like my sister. BTW drives her nuts when I say that to her. :lol: :lol:

Gordon

 

Hey Jim - great series, but that last one is a killer!

I will try out your settings - you certainly nailed the focus.

 

thanks Jim. This is useful info...

Tom

 

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Jim these are terrific but that sunset is just awesome like others have said.

I am going out in a while to take some pictures of the Blue Angels. Do you think I sould try these settings on them?

We are having a very brite and sunny day but there is some haze in the air. Also, the planes smoke could cause some tracking problems as well.

 

Closest Subject Priority

While I don't really have the glass needed for birds (I own the humble and slow-focusing 70-300mm ED). I found that I get the best results for birds in-flight when I use the Closest Subject Priority AF with my D70.

Kind Regards,
Przemek

 

Guys, there's an article on the Nikonians about multi-CAM 2000 AF :
http://www.nikonians.org/dcforum/DCForumID71/4952.html#1

I'm no expert in this, so please read and comment.

 

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Wow! I'm going to have to print these articles out and read in quiet. Thanks for the tip!
Rich

 

Sweet shots Jim! I've used that before as well and had some good success. I have to keep notes because I keep forgetting what was good and was was not and under which circumstances...getting old sucks! :lol:

Good article on Nikonians. I have YET to try FOCUS PRIORITY in AF-C mode...I guess I will next time out but I have my doubts although I have been wrong too many times to discount anything! :roll:

 

Beautiful images Jim, I don't see any focus problems. Nice sunset image for sure.

 

Nikonians article

Just a note about the article in Nikonians. It is a work in progress; it is being modified at times as a result of input from readers. A worthwhile effort and I am looking forward to its completion.