Hi Candace,
According to the EXIF it was 283mm, so the lens was racked out. No
special prowess involved, just a lucky location and absolute
dependence upon the AF. I had the camera on a tripod, but loose so
that I had the ability to pan up and down and sideways. The TC slows
down AF a mite, and the 50-200 is the older one, though it focuses
much faster and more accurately with the E-3 than with any of my other
bodies. I kept IS on -- maybe I shouldn't have -- though it would not
have been a factor since I used ISO 800 to get an appropriate shutter
speed for the subject.
Thanks for your comments.
Joel W.
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Candace Lemarr
<CandaceRocks@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Absolutely beautiful, Joel! I very much like this one...and love the
> curl of the wing-tip.
> I see you used the 50-200 and EC-14. What was your approximate focal length?
> I have the hardest time tracking birds with the same combo on my E-30.
> Our Eagles are so very far away that even with the lens combo you have,
> they are a small speck in the image if I do get them...or a great big
> blurry blob flying too close and fast for me to grab a focus lock on.
> One of these days I'll have one to share with the list...maybe... :-)
>
> Candace
>
>
>
> Joel Wilcox wrote:
>> We see eagles frequently flying over the river, but today we had six
>> working the river directly across from our back yard for several
>> hours.
>>
>> http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jfwilcox/
>>
>> Joel W.
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