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I was walking by one of our canals. There were a lot of birds flying around and I tried photographing some of them with a relatively long exposure time.
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ISO 100, 300mm, f/36, 1/6th sec.
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I like this sort of image abstracting the motion of a bird, Don. I do think it might be more effective as abstracted flight if part of the bird’s image didn’t intersect the bottom of the frame.
Depends on the birds, Don. For very large birds, like Cranes, 1/6 isn’t bad at all. For a hummingbird, that’s 10 wing beats and, of course, everything in between. When I’ve played with this, I’ve varied shutter speed quite a bit to get a variety and I’ve usually done it pre-dawn or post-sunset when I’ve been down at Bosque del Apache photographing snow geese and cranes.
