Motion panning of fast moving birds is very difficult to capture. It requires low light in order to use a slow enough shutter speed to get a blur of the backround from the movement of the camera. The panning of the camera must match the speed of the bird, be on the same horizontal plane as the bird's flight, and the focus has to be set at the proper distance to the bird which means you have to anticipate where the bird is going to be at the moment you press the shutter and pan the camera in order to get a sharp subject. There are some tricks I use to anticipate the bird's flight using high speed shutter release but none-the-less it takes a lot of guesswork, preparation and trial and error to get it all right. The bottom line is you have to be very lucky and take a ridiculous number of captures to get one that is satisfactory! I finally got one that I was happy with. I hope you like it also.
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you are a true artist Larry .. and the passion you have for your craft is inspirational ..
hearing what you had to do to get this shot really blew me away .. you are up there with the photographers who shoot for national geographic .. the skillset on par .. .
many congratulations on such a high score .. second place on your profile page and of course the ribbon .. xx ..
An image that really makes me glad I've come of age in the digital era. Never in a million years would I try for something like this on film, but hundreds of throwaway digital exposures are worth it just for the chance to capture something like this. Outstanding work!
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