Ready for landing

[Leon]

[Phil]

Beautifully timed

[NannyFerret]

You are getting a dab hand with that Canon. Well caught.

[Leon]

I'v had 5 days to get to know it now

[NannyFerret]

Did you use the 70-300 lens to shoot this? If so, you are doing well with it, considering that you have only had it a very short while.

[Leon]

yes spent a couple of hours with it today, dont get me wrong I did take LOTS of pictures, kinda cheating really but thats the beauty of digital, imagine if I had a 1DX and a 2.8 300 mm,

[annie]

nice one leon.

 

I keep my canon on continuous shooting, I don't know if it's right or wrong but I prefer to leave it sitting on that in case a bird happens along..

[NannyFerret]

Even profession photographers take loads. We only get to see the good ones.

I take loads and only keep the best.

[Guest]

great catch Leon. When I worked for Dixons head office they were running a big campaign with a pro photographer and I was lucky enough to meet David Bailey (briefly) and a few of us got to have a bit of a Q&A session with him. Someone asked how long it took till he got to the point where he took such great pictures all the time. He asked what made them think he took great pictures all the time? They said they were a fan and had seen lots of his published work. He replied, thats my point you have only seen the pictures good enough to be published. He said he felt the difference between a good photographer and a poor one was the percentage of times you get a good shoot, a monkey will get 1 good picture out of a few thousand an amateur maybe 1 in 100 and a pro maybe 1 in 10. He even confessed that he has had times when he hasn't been happy with any image from an entire days shooting. Of course what an amateur would consider a good image a pro may well call rubbish   

[Leon]

Thanks again folks, 

 

for the first time I can see what I've learned over the last 2 years coming into action, so much usability, even just the manual focus has made me happier and I hope better

[Heather]

nicely timed Leon