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Snail Kite in flight
Doc Duck

Snail Kite in flight (Rostrhamus sociabilis)

As the day progressed, I tried getting some flight shots with the fz200. It's a bot slow to focus and what with hand-holding at full zoom + converter I was surprised that some of the flight shots turned out fairly well. I like this one, although it could be much sharper. What it lacks in sharpness it makes up for (for me) by showing the landscape we were travelling through.
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Habitat
partly flooded fields
Location
Entre Rios, Argentina
Date taken
18 Aug 2014
Scientific name
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Equipment used
fz200 +2.2
bru.b
Great inflight capture and a beautiful habitat image. Brilliant work, Ann !
 
aloktewari
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A wonderful inflight capture with a view of the habitat as well ...
Tfs three lovely images, Ann ...
 
ChrisKten
You did well, Ann; great flight shot in habitat. (I thought the FZ150 had pretty fast AF, but it was never easy to get a flight shot. It wasn't the AF speed that was the problem, it was a EVF... too small and lagged at times, so I'd often lose the bird in the viewfinder. )
 
delia todd
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Opus Editor
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I struggle with focusing flight shots too, so focus on something else that I think is around the same distance. Then move the camera to the bird (if I can still find it LOL)

You've done so well with this one - a super bird that, isn't he.
 
Digiscoper321
I'd say you've done very well here,Doc. Not easy to take good flight shots with a bridge camera. This is great and in a very nice and interesting setting too.
 
carann
Well done on this one, Doc !!! A brilliant inflight capture. Thanks for sharing three superb posts.
Best Wishes.
 

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