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Black Shoulder Kites handing off

Mitch_P — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 05:25:22 GMT

They pass off prey to each other in midair to take back to the nest.

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Tronhard — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 18:51:27 GMT

You caught a great moment there!

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Mitch_P — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 19:25:27 GMT

Thanks Trevor! Here's the whole sequence -

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Paul836 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 07:02:30 GMT

Amazing shots. What's about your equipement and setting ?

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Mitch_P — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 22:29:20 GMT

Thanks Paul! For wildlife I'm using an R7 an RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM. I'd have to go back and look at my settings, but since it happened so fast I would imagine I left my shutter at 1/2500s, F7.1, auto ISO, Servo AF. Those are my walk around settings that I can adjust as needed. In this case I probably didn't have enough time to muck around without losing the shot. The whole encounter lasted probably 3 seconds. Thanks again!

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Paul836 — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:37:08 GMT

Thanks for your complete answer