[texbirds] Forsterâs Tern speed during dive; action photo limitations
- From: MBB22222@xxxxxxx
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:39:44 -0400 (EDT)
As I am working now on photo material illustrating moments of dive and
plunge into the water by different birds I want to share one example that
illustrate sort of typical Forsterâs Tern dive and plunge. Roughly estimated
dive speed shortly before plunge was 26 km/h (16 miles/h). Also, as we can see
in photo during the very last moment (lasting 1/8 second) tern
completed the dive, plunged into the water, tried to strike the prey (small
fish)
and he/she is on the way to the surface. So even with cameras equipped with
8 shots per second shutters it is a pure luck to freeze in photo specific
moments like the precise moment of tern entering the water. It might take
many series of photos to have this moment finally caught in photo (missed
entirely in posted example). On the other hand we can see how many different
moments of action can happened during just 1/8 second. So if one tries to
photograph action please do not feel frustration after one or few tries. It
might take many tries to get what one wants. I know of no human who can
predict precisely the moment to press the shutter with so short time to react.
See for yourself:
_http://www.pbase.com/image/147030675_
(http://www.pbase.com/image/147030675)
Mark B Bartosik
Houston, Texas
_http://www.pbase.com/mbb/from_the_field_
(http://www.pbase.com/mbb/from_the_field)
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