Barnegat Light
I visited Barnegat Light today. Got there about 1:00 pm. The sky was cloudless and it was in the mid-40s. High tide was around 4 pm so as the tide moved out the Scoters, Long-tailed Ducks and Harlequins were moving up and down the inlet. I got some decent flight shots although I was having problems locking focus. I don't know if it's the lens or my new 1D Mark II but I couldn't lock-up on birds coming right at me or moving across the frame. I used the center focusing point and the mult-point setting and neither worked very well. The light was beautiful and there was plenty of contrast so that wasn't the problem. The only thing I can think of is maybe the AI servo sensitivity needs to be set higher. This never seem to make any difference on my 1D but maybe Canon made this custom function functional. I will run some more tests this week.
Surf Scoter landing
Surf Scoter landing
