This is not a fantastic shot, but I am making improvement ;-) Two days ago I went into the hide at another time than I've done before. The sea had just passed the highest point. So there where no birds there at that point. Spent a couple of ours with nothing going on, but then it started to happen. The birds came pretty close 10-15 meters. I had a wonderful time ;-)
They are moving fast, because they are searching for food. This makes focusing pretty hard with the slow lens. I ruined many shots because of this. But I feel my old skills are slowly coming back. I came back with a bit more than 4gb of images. By accident I deleted one card. I dumped them into a image tank, and did a mistake doing that. And now it feels that the best shots where at that card :-( It's like fishing, the largest fishes are the one you loose. http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=231709 *istDS at 800 ISO raw and spot metering, Tokina AT-X 150-500/5,6 at 500mm, f:11, 1/250s. Norwegian name of the bird is Vipe, according to wikipedia, it is Northern Lapwing in English. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy)
