GBH with fish

Jim Strathearn · Apr 4, 2007

Stopped by a local pond on the way home this morning and found the resident GBH feeding. I have seen him/her several times, but never while hunting. These guys are quick! I would have him in the viewfinder waiting for him to strike, and by the time he did and came back up with a fish, it was too late for me to react. I then machine gunned him trying to get a flip! I give a lot of credit to those who capture the flip... It's hard! My feeble OOF attempt is at the bottom of this post...

D2H, 500P, TC16a:

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Does this qualify for a flip? At 8fps, the fish was already completely in the mouth and not visible in the very next frame!

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InitialD · Apr 4, 2007

Nicely capture on the first. :biggrin: Does the D2H AF with the TC16a + 500P?

Jim Strathearn · Apr 4, 2007

InitialD said:
Nicely capture on the first. :biggrin: Does the D2H AF with the TC16a + 500P?

Thanks Jason.

Yes, all four AF systems work with the TC16a. The amount of focusing w/the 500 is pretty much a fine tune adjust, but it makes all the difference for me.

hangin tree · Apr 4, 2007

Very Nice Jim

Gale · Apr 4, 2007

Yeah, we will give ya a FLIP...lolol
Nice shots

Baxter · Apr 4, 2007

I say yes to the flip! Great shots.

Louis Champan · Apr 4, 2007

Nice captures and you got the RR Flip.

LOuie

TimK · Apr 4, 2007

Nice capture! Even though they are quite common they are still beautigul birds!

HarryB · Apr 4, 2007

Good capture Jim and that's a definite Reznick Flip.

Jim Strathearn · Apr 6, 2007

hangin tree said:
Very Nice Jim

Gale said:
Yeah, we will give ya a FLIP...lolol
Nice shots

Baxter said:
I say yes to the flip! Great shots.

Louis Champan said:
Nice captures and you got the RR Flip.

LOuie

TimK said:
Nice capture! Even though they are quite common they are still beautigul birds!

HarryB said:
Good capture Jim and that's a definite Reznick Flip.

Thanks all for the nice comments, and especially for giving me the flip!

:biggrin:

snakeman · Apr 6, 2007

Real nice mate..

Flew · Apr 6, 2007

Definitely an RR flip Jim. Both very nice shots.

eng45ine · Apr 6, 2007

Nice shooting Jim, I'd be proud to have captured that flip.

Jim Strathearn · Apr 6, 2007

snakeman said:
Real nice mate..

Flew said:
Definitely an RR flip Jim. Both very nice shots.

eng45ine said:
Nice shooting Jim, I'd be proud to have captured that flip.

Thanks for the nice comments guys. That flip is much, much harder to get then it looks!

The chemist · Apr 6, 2007

They sure are fast Jim! Excellent series..its reassuring to know I am not the only one who misses flips at 8fps:biggrin:

Jim Strathearn · Apr 7, 2007

The chemist said:
They sure are fast Jim! Excellent series..its reassuring to know I am not the only one who misses flips at 8fps:biggrin:

LOL! I'd fill the buffer trying to anticipate the flip and still miss it!

Thanks for looking!