Comments on: Flight Photography: Ineptitude and Persistence… https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2013/11/06/fight-photography-ineptitude-and-persistence/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Fri, 08 Nov 2013 13:52:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Rob Melone https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2013/11/06/fight-photography-ineptitude-and-persistence/comment-page-1/#comment-656614 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 13:52:08 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=16681#comment-656614 Your in-flight shots are awesome artie and all of your efforts to obtain them are very much appreciated. BTW, I am reading and very much enjoying your book Shorebirds: Beautiful Beachcombers.

]]> By: Mark https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2013/11/06/fight-photography-ineptitude-and-persistence/comment-page-1/#comment-655266 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 13:00:35 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=16681#comment-655266 Well, as others have commented, it does my heart good to see you miss a shot or two. I’m often out there shooting landscapes and whatever else presents itself, will see a hawk overhead, will do my best with my limited gear (1Dx, 70-200 f2.8 II), and more times than not come away with nothing, nada, zilch, zippo.

Sometimes I blame the equipment, other times myself, and again both. Years back I went to a place near the NJ/Pennsylvania border to shoot Bald Eagles. My buddy spotted an eagle probably 75 yards away in a tree. I had my then somewhat trusty 300 f2.8 IS. The damn lens wouldn’t focus on the Eagle, as if it was just too far away for proper focus. Another time another buddy took me to Rye Beach, NY area where he had seen an owl previously. Damned if that owl, and his mate, were not in the exact same tree, but approximately 80 feet up. Once again, I could not get a shot. My friend borrowed my 70-200 with 2x III, placed it on his 7D, and with the crop factor he got a few decent ones. Mine were garbage.
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