BIF-Shooting gallery….. seagulls!

[Larry S.]

A recent trip to North Carolina’s Outer Banks turned into impromptu BIF shooting gallery. This was a great opportunity to improve panning skills with a medium size slow moving shore bird. Sometimes when they fly into a headwind forward motion slows even more. I had wanted to shoot sanderlings and willets but this non-stop action was a lot of fun. These were with a Nikon D850 & 80-400mm.

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[JoelKlein]

Nice! All handheld?

 

[Larry S.]

Nice! All handheld?

Thanks Joel… Yes, all handheld… I had my monopod with me but only used it for help walking in the sand..

 

[JoelKlein]

I can photograph those gulls all day long, they are all over. You got nice ones though

 

[Winston Churchill (Sir)]

This is a beautiful set - nicely done

 

[Larry S.]

This is a beautiful set - nicely done

Thank you Elsa…..

 

[NorthernFocus]

I always recommend seagulls for BIF practice. Looks like you made the most of the opportunity.

 

[JoelKlein]

Oh yah, gulls is ultimate practice.

 

[Larry S.]

Herons are another species that has given me BIF opportunities. They are even slower than the gulls but seem to spook easily. The background in these two ruined otherwise decent shots…… I think it has finally sunk in that the background has to be considered equally. If I had sat down rather than shooting standing up I may have had much better images…… Steve talks about this in one of his recent videos…..

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[Ralph]

A recent trip to North Carolina’s Outer Banks turned into impromptu BIF shooting gallery. This was a great opportunity to improve panning skills with a medium size slow moving shore bird. Sometimes when they fly into a headwind forward motion slows even more. I had wanted to shoot sanderlings and willets but this non-stop action was a lot of fun. These were with a Nikon D850 & 80-400mm.
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Whenever I am waiting for some action and I get board, I do the same thing. I live near the shore and they are everywhere. It is great practice especially since I’m using the D500 attached to a 500pf and a 1.4 tc which translates int 1050 mm. I try to see how quickly and accurately I can get them in the viewfinder to shoot.

 

[Steve W]

Seagulls are always fun and plentiful. Good to practice on.

 

[Larry S.]

Seagulls are always fun and plentiful. Good to practice on.

Great shots! Thanks..

 

[Larry S.]

Whenever I am waiting for some action and I get board, I do the same thing. I live near the shore and they are everywhere. It is great practice especially since I’m using the D500 attached to a 500pf and a 1.4 tc which translates int 1050 mm. I try to see how quickly and accurately I can get them in the viewfinder to shoot.

Ralph, that’s some seriously long glass (1050mm!) to track these guys…

 

[Ralph]

Ralph, that’s some seriously long glass (1050mm!) to track these guys…

If I don’t aquire focus quickly , very often it will hunt and I will lose them.

 

[Doug Herr]

Gulls, not seagulls. Seagulls only exist in fiction.

 

[JAJohnson]

A recent trip to North Carolina’s Outer Banks turned into impromptu BIF shooting gallery. This was a great opportunity to improve panning skills with a medium size slow moving shore bird. Sometimes when they fly into a headwind forward motion slows even more. I had wanted to shoot sanderlings and willets but this non-stop action was a lot of fun. These were with a Nikon D850 & 80-400mm.
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Lovely photos!!! Very well done.

 

[JoelKlein]

I’ve always wondered how those guls don’t smash into each other…

 

[Ken Miracle]

Gulls, not seagulls. Seagulls only exist in fiction.

Yup as in Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Many Gulls never see a sea.

 

[O]

Seagulls are always fun and plentiful. Good to practice on.

Lovely colours

 

[O]

A recent trip to North Carolina’s Outer Banks turned into impromptu BIF shooting gallery. This was a great opportunity to improve panning skills with a medium size slow moving shore bird. Sometimes when they fly into a headwind forward motion slows even more. I had wanted to shoot sanderlings and willets but this non-stop action was a lot of fun. These were with a Nikon D850 & 80-400mm.
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Nothing wrong with the D850 or your 80-400, i still have my D850 as back up to the Z9..............