Didn’t really want to haul the 150-600 or the backpack around today, so I hit the zoo with a simple kit: the d700, and the Tamron 70-200. It was a little toasty outside, one of those days where the mock-jungle of Bird World feels *less* hot and humid than Denver’s mountain air.
I’ve been trying for a while to get a great shot of one of the Inca Terns in flight. I know their behavior patterns well enough that I can generally predict their movement, but birds in flight is still not my strong point, and the autofocus in the 11 year old d700 is still not the fastest. This is still not a great shot, but it’s moving in the right direction. The light’s not where I want it, it’s not *quite* as sharp as I’d like, but I love the separation in the feathers at the tips of the wings as he’s spreading them out to decelerate.
The Zootographer 