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cameraCanon EOS 70D

settings Aperture 45/10 ISO 400 Shutter 1/5000 Focal Length 400/1 

upload_dateJan, 2017

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4 Comments |
Neckbone
 
Neckbone September 19, 2017
Congrats, great shot!
jimfbauty
 
jimfbauty February 09, 2018
Wow... beautiful capture!!! My Osprey shoots are more like silhouettes in the sky. I practice on Gulls who are amazing fliers and challenging to capture.
NiagaraJim
 
NiagaraJim February 11, 2018
Fabulous capture of BIF.
mattiasam
 
mattiasam February 08, 2019
amazing shot

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Behind The Lens

Location

Oxenford Weir, Gold Coast Qld Australia. It's a wonderful place to take images of raptors and water birds where fresh water from the mountains meet the brackish saltwater of the canals.

Time

Late afternoon 4.00p.m But is worth going there early morning too, you might catch a glimpse of a rare rake or the night heron.

Lighting

Best place to shoot is from the west mostly afternoon as the sun is behind you. Winter mornings usually mist has formed over the freshwater side and the stillness is quite surreal.As the sun begins to rise the warm in images create wonderful drama.

Equipment

Canon 5DMKIII Canon 1.4ExtMIII Canon prime DO F4 400mm lens hand held f7.1

Inspiration

Osprey are probable my most fav raptor. Where I was born the only ones you could see were in the northern part of the UK. Where I live now, they are right along our fantastic Australian Coastline. The first time I saw these raptors sent shivers down the back of my spine.

Editing

I try to do as much in camera as possible, but do work on images with Lightroom and Photoshop where need be. Rather be shooting than processing anyday.

In my camera bag

Wildlife: All Canon 5DIII 70D 70-200mm 2.8, Prime 400mm Ext 1.4 & 2 Monopod and gymble mix Canon Flash and flash booster lens Landscape: All Canon 24-70mm 2.8 /16-35mm f4/ ND Filters/ Remote/ Tripod yangyou 14mm manual lens Night: Same as Landscape but with torches and flashes Macro: 180mm 3.4 Prime Canon Macro /Twin flash/ ring flash/ Clamps with movable arms/ Scissors/ mini Tripod/ Monopod Ext tubes.

Feedback

Back button focus. Patience. Pan with the flight of the bird. Set ISO to Auto/ Set Aperture for close birds f7.1-f8/ further birds f4-f6.3. Eye focus is the most important when birding photographing.

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