Boris Liberman wrote on 11/29/2004, 4:01 PM:


 > 300x2x1.5 = 900 mm of focal length. So you can handhold this... Do
 > tell me how. I cannot handhold F 70-210 at 210 mm and 1/250 sec - the
 > shake is evident...

I let you in on my little secret, Boris, I shot at least 20 images of 
gulls in flight that afternoon.  This was the only sharp one....

 >
 > But seriously, your technique is amazing. So is this picture.

The real keys to this shot were the lighting (head on, full setting sun) 
which gave me 1/800 shutter speed and the fact that the bird was less 
than a second from touching down so it was moving relatively slowly.

Thanks for your comments.

-- 
Christian
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