Ospreys

[treemanone2003]

Thanks for sharing your pics here. They are just simply awesome !!!! I've always had the photography bug in me. After seeing yours, I grabbed my divorce present (from me, to me) when I realized there was a nesting pair close to my work. They too are in the flight path of a small local (Sikorsky) airport, and the only day without the camera (of course) one had flown directly overhead with dinner in it's grasp.

I would like to ask if you would mind if I shared my pics on your thread also ? I don't know much about editing them so far but my gf has some kind of program to help and is willing to teach me. What I can tell you is it's with a Nikon d5100, 55-200mm, (some) in the fast running guy mode and a few in the "pet portrait" mode.

Thanks in advance. -George.

[rickztahone]

Thanks for sharing your pics here. They are just simply awesome !!!! I've always had the photography bug in me. After seeing yours, I grabbed my divorce present (from me, to me) when I realized there was a nesting pair close to my work. They too are in the flight path of a small local (Sikorsky) airport, and the only day without the camera (of course) one had flown directly overhead with dinner in it's grasp.

I would like to ask if you would mind if I shared my pics on your thread also ? I don't know much about editing them so far but my gf has some kind of program to help and is willing to teach me. What I can tell you is it's with a Nikon d5100, 55-200mm, (some) in the fast running guy mode and a few in the "pet portrait" mode.

Thanks in advance. -George.

Fast running guy mode would be higher shutter speeds. Being outdoors allows to use higher shutter speeds as well as a smaller aperture which allows more things to be in focus. You can do these things from the M mode.

[SMB2]

George, that would be fine.

I shoot most of my BIF (birds in flight) shots on A (aperture priority) and I don't worry to much about depth of field. With longer lenses it is not much of an issue. Also when there is a cluttered background, I just as soon have it out of focus.
Depending on the light I just open up the aperture (smaller numbers) until I get a shutter speed greater than 1/1000 or there abouts. If I still need more speed I increase the ISO. With your camera you might be able to get the iso up to 1800 or more with out much noise, grain, in the shot.
So post some shots!

[treemanone2003]

George, that would be fine.

I shoot most of my BIF (birds in flight) shots on A (aperture priority) and I don't worry to much about depth of field. With longer lenses it is not much of an issue. Also when there is a cluttered background, I just as soon have it out of focus.
Depending on the light I just open up the aperture (smaller numbers) until I get a shutter speed greater than 1/1000 or there abouts. If I still need more speed I increase the ISO. With your camera you might be able to get the iso up to 1800 or more with out much noise, grain, in the shot.
So post some shots!

Thanks for all the info. Truly appreciated !! I will look that stuff up and play around with it this weekend in hopes of fine tuning. As for the photos, I will poke my girl this weekend to show me how to find them and get them posted. Thank you for letting me share.

[treemanone2003]

Fast running guy mode would be higher shutter speeds. Being outdoors allows to use higher shutter speeds as well as a smaller aperture which allows more things to be in focus. You can do these things from the M mode.

Thank you and I will look into this also. That must have something to do with all the funny numbers on the screen that I've just recently realized "LV" means live view. Now I can see when the picture actually happens.