Changi 31Oct08

From Con

I only got 1 frame that is decent of one of the two harriers. The harriers (and black kite) were hard to shoot. They'd come down to the ground, and when you flushed them you had milliseconds to get focus lock and rattle off a few frames. Hard to do with a long lens resting on a tripod foot on bean bag. Easier with the old Nikkor lens that you could disable manual focus. It would be easier still with a window gimbal mount.

Female Eastern Marsh-harrier

Juvenile Eastern Marsh-harrier

Black Kite

Eastern Marsh-harrier flight sequence. Juvenile male on left and female on right

From GC

Juvenile Eastern Marsh-harrier