I really like playing around..........

[HAB911]

Early morning, I watched while this Osprey preened it's feathers for 15 minutes on the lamp on the right, while listening to the the babies cry for breakfast in the nest on the left, assuming it would return to the nest very soon. The wait paid off. This is 17 photos shot at "Continues High" which the manual states is "up to" 6.5 frames per/sec. The distance between poles might be a little compressed, and I think Osprey actually dipped a little lower during the flight than depicted here, but when I combined them with the dip, it just didn't look good. This photo comes in at just shy of 14K pixels wide.

Here I have downsized it to 2000 pixels but here is the link to the whole enchilada: https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/60-YEAR-JOURNEY-IN-PHOTOGRAPHY/A-LITTLE-BIT-OF-EVERYTHING/PANORAMA/i-zTbxhMJ

[MichaelSoE]

1. Great shot and excellent use combining panoramic & continuous / sequential shooting

[twodogsbarking]

2. Outstanding. Clink the link DUers. The others are just as good.

[70sEraVet]

3. Thanks. I much enjoyed this and other photos on your site.

[HAB911]

5. thank you

If your user name is literal, you might enjoy another set I'm working on from my year on the Korean DMZ in 1970. Slow and tedious as it is! Teaser..............

[70sEraVet]

7. Yes, it is literal. I was a boiler operator in the Navy

Your Korean collection wouldn't bring back any memories for me, but I still look forward to that work.

[TNNurse]

4. As soon as I saw the photo, I knew it was yours.

Nicely done, old friend.

[HAB911]

6. LOL! Crazy huh?

thank you!

[jaxexpat]

8. That flying thing they do is a lot more complex than can be perceived in real time.

I watch ospreys fly quite a lot around here. There's even a kite couple who live nearby. (Nice people, stick to themselves mostly, probably apolitical) The photo you've crafted shows many nuances of their flight technique which I'd never noticed. Wing leading edge sensitivity appears to play a larger role than is obvious from live flight observation. The switching of winged suspension to foot/talon support is an engineering masterpiece.

Good show!

[burrowowl]

9. Pretty interesting montage, thanks!

[Ahna KneeMoose]

10. Brings the Smiles Both Joyful and Spectacular (n/t)

[Grumpy Old Guy]

11. Cool!

[HAB911]

12. I thought about next time...........

I might switch to movie mode but I don't have .avi editing software and no time right now to do it! filed in the back of my mind.

[George McGovern]

13. Remarkable HAB911!

[HAB911]

14. A couple of recent very big panorama updates to share

really too big to provide a small preview photo

https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/60-YEAR-JOURNEY-IN-PHOTOGRAPHY/A-LITTLE-BIT-OF-EVERYTHING/PANORAMA/i-gtVZ5bv

https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/60-YEAR-JOURNEY-IN-PHOTOGRAPHY/A-LITTLE-BIT-OF-EVERYTHING/PANORAMA/i-PMC2gn4

[Grumpy Old Guy]

15. That is very cool!

[HAB911]

16. thanks Grumpy!

I have photographed airplanes passing by before, but if they are traveling in a straight line the perspective changes so drastically it looks whacked out like this:
https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/60-YEAR-JOURNEY-IN-PHOTOGRAPHY/A-LITTLE-BIT-OF-EVERYTHING/LOOK-UP-IN-THE-SKY-ITS-A/i-Nk49DKW



this c17 however looped around to the north of me and slowly banked to the left before straightening out again so the perspective remained the same!

The shots from the top of an under construction office building in Tampa would really have been great if I had access to the other sides of the building, might have gotten a 360!

[Callalily]

17. Excellent and very creative.

You've got some mighty fine photos on your site too!

[HAB911]

18. thanks so much

hope you enjoy them all!