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Canon 100-300L egrets with babies (pics)

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well like Justme said..the trick is to find their nest! These were taken so easily...the hardest part was to decide which one I wanted to take..they were flying and displaying all over the place :)
DougB said:
Great pictures .... keep up the good work.
Daniella said:
I went to Palo Alto today and I got too many too show them all here
but here are some of the photos. Egrets are now nesting with
hungry babies to feed. Hard to beleive that they will become such
beautiful birds when you see them as baby :)

the full gallery. I never had so many keepers in one day :) all
taken in Palo Alto, California.

http://www.pbase.com/zylen/new_work&page=4
http://www.pbase.com/zylen/new_work&page=5



















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panning is when you have the subject sharp but the background show motion. Your background is blurred but it is static.

It's quite difficult with birds and frankly I dont, like it either for birds. I prefer to freeze the motion to a certain degree...just maybe the wings blurred but not the whole thing.

With birds, I much prefer to have no distracting background, panned or not :)

here are a fiew panning shots to show you what it is. Those are not mine.

http://www.pbase.com/image/27602629
http://www.pbase.com/image/25665994
Jason Hutchinson said:
Michael Soo said:
BTW, I've not seen panning shots of egrets from you or anyone in
this forum. Wanna be the leader in this?
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No panning shots? I see lots of them unless I'm not understanding
your definition of panning.



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Minë Corma hostië të ilyë ar mordossë nutië të
Mornórëo Nóressë yassë i Fuini caitar.
Un thoron arart’a s’un hith mal’kemen ioke.
Saurulmaiel
 
I looked through my pictures last night and I am not 100% sure if I have that same nest or not, but if it is the one I think it is there were only two chicks in there Sunday evening.

Greg

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yes it is an older lens and it is discontinued. You can find it on ebay.com used or sometimes at keh.com or at fredmiranda.com

it is a good sharp lens for affordable money but it is not fast focusing because it does not have the newer USM focusing motors like the new L lenses have.
daisytx said:
I am looking all over for the canon 100-300l lens and cannot find
it. Is this an older lens or new?
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Minë Corma hostië të ilyë ar mordossë nutië të
Mornórëo Nóressë yassë i Fuini caitar.
Un thoron arart’a s’un hith mal’kemen ioke.
Saurulmaiel
 
THAT IS A NICE Panning shot of the bird. Technically, panning shots are 50% equipment, 30% luck and 20% skill.
  • MS
Daniella said:
It's quite difficult with birds and frankly I dont, like it either
for birds. I prefer to freeze the motion to a certain
degree...just maybe the wings blurred but not the whole thing.

With birds, I much prefer to have no distracting background, panned
or not :)

here are a fiew panning shots to show you what it is. Those are
not mine.

http://www.pbase.com/image/27602629
http://www.pbase.com/image/25665994
Jason Hutchinson said:
Michael Soo said:
BTW, I've not seen panning shots of egrets from you or anyone in
this forum. Wanna be the leader in this?
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No panning shots? I see lots of them unless I'm not understanding
your definition of panning.



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Minë Corma hostië të ilyë ar mordossë nutië të
Mornórëo Nóressë yassë i Fuini caitar.
Un thoron arart’a s’un hith mal’kemen ioke.
Saurulmaiel
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yes but I do not consider taking a bird from the side to be a panning shot. I consider panning when the shutter speed is slow, and you fallow the subject so that it is sharp but the background show motion.

This is a nightmare to do with birds...I guess when I have enough of everything I might give it a try. Also for a good panning you need a background, as a blue sky obviously wont make it.
 
Daniella said:
yes but I do not consider taking a bird from the side to be a
panning shot. I consider panning when the shutter speed is slow,
and you fallow the subject so that it is sharp but the background
show motion.
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What do you mean? The link you forwarded is taken at 1/50s and
that's a pretty good speed for fast birds. Egrets can be taken
at 1/60 through 1/125s ! That's not that slow...
Daniella68313 said:
This is a nightmare to do with birds...I guess when I have enough
of everything I might give it a try. Also for a good panning you
need a background, as a blue sky obviously wont make it.
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Yeah, it is a nightmare. The thing with panning shots is that, you
will lose anywhere from 10-50% of your shots due to bad pannings.
But once you get a FANTASTIC pan shots, OMFG, you will think
that your stop action shots at 1/1000s are c.r.a.p.
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http://www.soocool.com - Explore life beyond the norms
 
Michael Soo said:
But once you get a FANTASTIC pan shots, OMFG, you will think
that your stop action shots at 1/1000s are c.r.a.p.
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I think stop action doesn't have to be boring, if you get the right shot.

Myself I'm not a fan of slow panning shots. They do work for some things, like race car shots etc. Funny thing when I noticed the below shot last Sunday on the LCD, I realized my friend had set it to f/8 and immediately "fixed" that problem by opening up to f/2.8.

 
Where did you take this pictures? Were they at the palo alto baylands preserve? If so, did you get to the nesting area from the wooden walkway, or where is your favorite picture spot?

Thanks
MartinM2 said:
As usual, amazing shots!!
Those snowys are really beautiful!
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I consider 1/50s to be slow for bird in flight...yes I consider that panning. The background should show motion at the show shutter speed.

1/125s is still very slow for bird in flight, that is to freeze motion.
Michael Soo said:
Daniella said:
yes but I do not consider taking a bird from the side to be a
panning shot. I consider panning when the shutter speed is slow,
and you fallow the subject so that it is sharp but the background
show motion.
Click to expand...
What do you mean? The link you forwarded is taken at 1/50s and
that's a pretty good speed for fast birds. Egrets can be taken
at 1/60 through 1/125s ! That's not that slow...
Michael Soo119924 said:
This is a nightmare to do with birds...I guess when I have enough
of everything I might give it a try. Also for a good panning you
need a background, as a blue sky obviously wont make it.
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Yeah, it is a nightmare. The thing with panning shots is that, you
will lose anywhere from 10-50% of your shots due to bad pannings.
But once you get a FANTASTIC pan shots, OMFG, you will think
that your stop action shots at 1/1000s are c.r.a.p.
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Not really. I do not like panning unless the subject is absolutely sharp and the background only show motion blur. I never saw one so far that I liked.
Michael Soo119924 said:
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trips
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Minë Corma hostië të ilyë ar mordossë nutië të
Mornórëo Nóressë yassë i Fuini caitar.
Un thoron arart’a s’un hith mal’kemen ioke.
Saurulmaiel
 
same here..I leave panning shot for cars and motorcycle race...I prefer birds to be captured at fast shutter speed and be sharp.
Jason Hutchinson said:
Michael Soo said:
But once you get a FANTASTIC pan shots, OMFG, you will think
that your stop action shots at 1/1000s are c.r.a.p.
Click to expand...
I think stop action doesn't have to be boring, if you get the right
shot.

Myself I'm not a fan of slow panning shots. They do work for some
things, like race car shots etc. Funny thing when I noticed the
below shot last Sunday on the LCD, I realized my friend had set it
to f/8 and immediately "fixed" that problem by opening up to f/2.8.

Click to expand...
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Minë Corma hostië të ilyë ar mordossë nutië të
Mornórëo Nóressë yassë i Fuini caitar.
Un thoron arart’a s’un hith mal’kemen ioke.
Saurulmaiel
 
they are nesting just beside the parking lot. Impossible to miss them, right beside the duck pond.
AlexisD said:
Thanks
MartinM2 said:
As usual, amazing shots!!
Those snowys are really beautiful!
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Minë Corma hostië të ilyë ar mordossë nutië të
Mornórëo Nóressë yassë i Fuini caitar.
Un thoron arart’a s’un hith mal’kemen ioke.
Saurulmaiel
 
I couldn't find any info about the lens at Canon EF lens website. There is the 100-400L lens, and the 70-300 DO IS lens? But no 100-300L lens. Pls enlighten me.
Daniella said:
I went to Palo Alto today and I got too many too show them all here
but here are some of the photos. Egrets are now nesting with
hungry babies to feed. Hard to beleive that they will become such
beautiful birds when you see them as baby :)

the full gallery. I never had so many keepers in one day :) all
taken in Palo Alto, California.

http://www.pbase.com/zylen/new_work&page=4
Click to expand...
 
Slow shutter doesn't always means panning. The panning shots you showed earlier are both beautiful. But slow shutter may also comes to this kind of photos:

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/95450
  • MS
Daniella said:
Jason Hutchinson said:
Michael Soo said:
But once you get a FANTASTIC pan shots, OMFG, you will think
that your stop action shots at 1/1000s are c.r.a.p.
Click to expand...
I think stop action doesn't have to be boring, if you get the right
shot.

Myself I'm not a fan of slow panning shots. They do work for some
things, like race car shots etc. Funny thing when I noticed the
below shot last Sunday on the LCD, I realized my friend had set it
to f/8 and immediately "fixed" that problem by opening up to f/2.8.

Click to expand...
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Minë Corma hostië të ilyë ar mordossë nutië të
Mornórëo Nóressë yassë i Fuini caitar.
Un thoron arart’a s’un hith mal’kemen ioke.
Saurulmaiel
Click to expand...
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  • MS
http://forum.soocool.com - SF Bay Area Photography Club for field trips
http://www.soocool.com - Explore life beyond the norms
 
Michael Soo said:
Slow shutter doesn't always means panning. The panning shots you
showed earlier are both beautiful. But slow shutter may also comes
to this kind of photos:

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/95450
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I agree that those flash effects are neat. Using the flash in that way really gives you another dimension to be creative with. I definitely like the way those look over most longer exposure shots with constant lighting.

Jason
 
Daniella,

I am on a budget and have ask you questions before about your 80-200 2.8. I shoot youth soccer and was wondering if the 100-300L would work for that considering what I see of your birds? Thanks for any info you can give.
Bryan
 
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