Turkey Fight

[Russell Graves]

Just one in a series.

If you are interested, you can see more here:

http://www.russellgraves.com/blog/2008/04/turkey-tussle.html

Thanks!

Russell Graves

[PERK]

Those are beyond awesome!

[doncom]

Wow,

You should consider doing this for a living.

Pure greatness.

[Shane]

Is that mixed martial arts?

I still like #8 in that series the best. That spectator turkey on the far right cracks me up.

[Wildman]

Russell, I read on your first picture post that you shot a doubler and I believe you said it was a manual focus shot.

How do you get spot on the focus? At 500mm I can't get my focus to be accurate on manual. The slightest touch and its out. 300 is alright but still sticky. These are with a Sigma 170-500 and nikon 80-400vr

[bowhuntertex]

Those are some great shots Russell......

[Lung Buster]

Great pic!!

[TexLongFan]

Wow... that is nice... thanks for sharing

[Russell Graves]

Russell, I read on your first picture post that you shot a doubler and I believe you said it was a manual focus shot.

How do you get spot on the focus? At 500mm I can't get my focus to be accurate on manual. The slightest touch and its out. 300 is alright but still sticky. These are with a Sigma 170-500 and nikon 80-400vr

Yep, I did manually focus that. As far as spot on focus, all I do is focus on the eye. I am constantly working the focus so that I ensure that it stays in focus.

It takes some practice but is definitely doable. One thing that helps me is that I manually focused all of my lenses for the first 10 years I shot photos. It wasn't until I switched to Canon that I fully embraced what a good autofocus can do.

Holler if you have any more questions.

Thanks,

Russell

[Legdog]

for a new guy, you are pretty good at this photography thing

[leebtattoos]

i love these. thanks for sharing

[Hoyt Man]

Awesome

[Les]

Very nice. I have video of a bunch of hens whopping up on another hen that came into the group. Those buggers sure can make some noise.

Welcome, Russell

[AtTheWall]

I likey!!!

[bulldog84]

Russell, I want to comend you for the work you do with the young kids at school. I wish class was like that when I went to school way back when......
(http://www.russellgraves.com/press/childressteacher.pdf)