birds of pray

[skinnymachink]

great shots, i like 2 and 3 the best if you left out the last shot and didnt mention that you were at a show i would have thought you shot these in the wild. these are the sort of shots im wanting to get. what gear did you use? i agree with frog but i bet thee were hard to capture

D300 with shutter priority set using a 70 to 300 nikor lens. Some shots i tried manual focus picking a point watching the bird before he comes in to the shot over my shoulder and just shooting off 6 shots a second as he came in to view. The other method i tried was focus mode set to c and just panning and following the birds shooting on continuous fire mode. It worked out ok i am sure if i had a better lens it would work a lot better.Good luck and i hope some of this has been helpful.

Skinny

[AgingEyes]

i am sure if i had a better lens it would work a lot better.

70-300 is fine. Here's an example:

http://forums.photographyreview.com/...03738#poststop

Not the best example but to show your lens is fine for the job.