Jayson and adrian, great shots!


i rode my bike around the NW coast of the Netherlands
(stavoren-harlingen) over easter, and saw so many different types of
bird balanced on grass/reeds like that. only had my 15-85 though so
didn't get any shots (not riding 250km with an extra 1kg of lenses even
to get a shot like that. and we would never have made it if i'd been
taking pics all the time).


now i'm back in australia, i'm heading to the coorong next spring to
try for some like that. something tells me i'll need to hire a 400 or
500+ for it though...


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here's some of mine i took the day after i bought my 70-300L and rode
40km to the Hoek van Holland (where the canal to rotterdam hits the
sea). so many sea birds there diving for fish, could have stayed all
day, not perfect weather though.


First one i put together from 1700*1700 pixel crops, scaled it for
here. was testing the AF speed of the 70-300L + 7D combo, 8fps, 19 point
AF and tracking priority (not all from the same spot in the frame).
only missed once when it started its final dive to the water. all were
f/5.6, ISO100, 1/640s, 300mm.


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and another one i like for the pose, cropped and 50% scaled:


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