High/Highest fps - Challenges of Recording Behaviour

[Calson]

The term the decisive moment usually refers to the approach taken by Cartier-Bresson where he anticipated an event and positioned himself accordingly. It helped me when a birder mentioned that birds will often poop just before taking off and so I could be ready to shoot a burst. If I can anticipate action I am far less likely to need to take the run and gun approach.

 

[MikeInMI]

I have a Sony A1 that lets me shoot 30 fps compressed raw. I also shoot a lot of BIF. I primarily shoot at 15 fps and seem to easily be able to get the wing positions I want. When you look at. Full motion video being available at 24 fps, do you really need more than that? IMHO, more than that results in more time culling without commensurate benefits.

 

[Calson]

With older cameras I used to take a lot of "insurance" shots as I could not trust the autofocus to nail the subject. We now want the subject to be in sharp focus AND perfect wing position. The better the cameras get the greater our expectations increase and we have a very equipment centric perspective. To a degree we spend money to avoid spending time in the field to capture animal behavior. It has become a bit frenetic for hobbyist wildlife photographers.

 

[agrumpyoldsod]

Excellent record of a remarkable interaction.
There's this recent sighting of a young male leopard attempting similar. Dangerous risks! And such interactions are most definitely where the capture record benefits from the flagship features in our modern cameras

Thanks -- if you follow the sequence of Lorogol climbing the tree you will see he had "left" the remains of a baby hippo in his tree. Clearly just before the dry season there are a lot of young for hungry leopards to feed on.