Formation Splashdown
These Canada geese are part of a flock that arrived here years ago on a tourist visa while migrating South and decided to stay. For some reason, USCIS doesn't seem to be interested in doing anything about it. And since I'm married to a Canadian, I have a little compassion for them, so I'm not complaining. They don't do much but waddle around, eat, poop, and kvetch loudly ... but every once in a while, a flight of them will take off, circle around to the main road, and come back for a water landing. When they do, you can get some good photos.
Labels: Canada Geese, Druid Ridge Duck Pond, Nature, Tamron
posted by Steve Rosenbach at 7:13 PM
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5 Comments:
clear the runway!!!!! or we'll POOP on you!
great shot! I love how in focus they are... i think they're even looking at your camera too :)
Great action shot, did you shoot in single frame or continuous mode? Just wondering... :)
--WT
I almost always leave my camera in machine-gun mode ;-)
In this case, I watch as the bunch of them circle around and started to come in for a landing, then started shooting. This happened about three or four times.
What you're not seeing is the six or eight frames from each pass that were duds ;-) This was only one of two frames that were worthwhile.
I almost never use my camera in continous, probably because of force of habit from my extensive film shooting experience :). That's why you get these cool shots, and I don't.
Did you also shoot in AF mode? Does your camera have continuous focus and/or focus tracking?
--WT
Hi Warren - yeah, I figure with an 8G card, there's no reason *not* to leave it in continuous mode ;-)
I often use a burst when I set up a photo so that someone or something is walking/driving/running into the frame. Then I have 2, 3 or more shots, and one usually is better-placed or a better gesture or body position than the others.
Canon DSLRs do have a focus-tracking mode, but I didn't use it - I was in "one-shot" focus mode, where the AF locks at the first half-press of the shutter. I actually haven't tried to other modes (there's a third mode - can't remember what it is) and I should try focus-tracking.
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