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Blue Tit Landing - Flash

Gallery: Regional: UKNPPosted March 6, 2011198 views6 comments

I have spent the whole day looking at camera flash accessories at the NEC FOCUS Exhibition here in the UK. The main reason is our weather. I either have to master the use of flash in photography or give up photographing on too many days !

Here is where I am up to so far in this project. Sometimes the birds would "drop in" from above when landing on the Teasel, whilst this one decided to fly in almost horizontally before landing.

If you would like to see an image of a Blue Tit as it landed then click HERE

Canon 1DMK4, 70-200 lens at 105mm, multiple flashes with the extra catchlights cloned away.

Cheers

Austin

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on March 6, 2011 at 5:00 PM

A great capture, I know what you mean about the weather, it has been very dull here too.
Well done.

Geoff.

Registered on August 20, 2010, 192 Posts, 980 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Edge on March 7, 2011 at 1:33 AM

Terrific shot love the position of the bird.did you use ordinary multiple flsh guns or are you using some specialised high speed kit?
Pete

Registered on May 4, 2009, 1 Posts, 25 Comments

Comment posted by Neil Burton on March 7, 2011 at 9:12 AM

Awsome timing.

Registered on September 16, 2010, 26 Posts, 461 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Mason on March 7, 2011 at 1:58 PM

Incredible! He looks as if he's braking desperately having realised his chosen perch has spikes!

Registered on December 14, 2005, 399 Posts, 2305 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Haskell on March 7, 2011 at 7:20 PM

Nice action well caught.

Ian

Registered on October 30, 2008, 24 Posts, 673 Comments

Comment posted by Barry Southon on March 8, 2011 at 3:24 AM

Austin

Flaps down airbrakes on, all action very well caught. Superb landing too. Flash is the way to go case proved.

Registered on March 13, 2006, 21 Posts, 150 Comments