Osprey in flight

[BCrose]

I shot these from my kayak a couple of days ago on a small lake, handheld with the 200-400mm VRII on the D4.
The bird was circling looking for dinner I am guessing and passed from front light to side light and backlight. I used Aperture priority at f/4 with auto ISO at 1600 max with the shutter locked to 1/1600 min. Images range from 500 ISO through 1200. All are cropped slightly as there was just more open space of blue sky in the frame.

I have been using single focus point and spot metering and never change it up, I am curious to what others might use for these types of shots.

[Otavio]

Top quality images, Monte. Thanks for sharing these beautiful shots. You did a great job putting this big bird entirelly in focus using F4, mounted on a full frame (shallow depth of field!). Well done. Cheers,

[chauncey]

I shot these from my kayak a couple of days ago on a small lake

Circumstances being what they were...you did a superlative job on them all.
Did you cheat with having a pet mouse on your shoulder?

[John 2]

Just Superb.

[bnnrcn]

Nice shots indeed Monte, it has eye contact with the viewer in #1, I just loved it

[flashback]

If it ain't broke don't fix it. These shots all look perfect to me. Great series.

[deetheturk]

Great images Monte, well done!

[Shadowman]

Nice captures.

[FootLoose]

Great work, Monte. I always use centre-point focus when attempting bif - and everything else, for that matter.