Mallards in flight

[JimmySchoster]

In the midst of a snowy winter here in Minnesota I found some open water with scores of mallards and some swans. A lot of activity. SO I reviewed Steve's video on BIF and finally had some success! THANK YOU STEVE.

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Nikon D850: 200 - 500 mm lens. Image taken at f5.6, 500mm, iso 640 and 1/4000 sec. (shutter priority).

 

[Patrick M]

Nice , and I especially like that you kept a lot of the background there too.

 

[JimmySchoster]

Thank you Patrick. It was quite a day. Like an airport with tons of takeoffs and landings, etc. Here is another stop action shot:

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[NorthernFocus]

Any time you can get two of them in focus in the same frame it's a good day. Well done.

 

[JimmySchoster]

Thank you Dan. My lucky day!!! FOR SURE! I must admit that I had the D850 set to "fully automatic" with the extra battery base to give me more FPS. I couldn't have done this with one single shot. In my time I have done a lot of film photography and there is no way I could have captured this image with one of my good ole' film cameras. Go Digital!!

 

[ssheipel]

Nicely done. And I'm with Patrick ^ Love that you've kept the 'landscape' in the shot.

 

[JimmySchoster]

Thank you Steven!