Perfect take off

[Iman_D80]

I am practicing with shutter priority mode now. I find it hard to stop action and have a well exposed image. Except this one, which there was lots of light and the sky was clear.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/imand80/2299254625/" title="Perfect take off by Iman_D80, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2327/2299254625_e6b0dff741.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Perfect take off" /></a>
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 135 mm
Auto ISO (camera chose ISO 160)

Good choice of exposure settings?

[windrider86]

I'm a terrible one at reading what other shave down for settings on a shot. I'm pretty good at judging my own so I dont have a great amoutn of wisdom to give you on this one.
I did notice its a bit off focus. Was this hand held? The wings seem to be in focus but the head and tail are not. Perhaps increase the aperature might help.

[summerbreezing]

With the head off focus, perhaps spot metering may have improved the shot? That said, I have difficulty with panning and tend to try to avoid the technique because of it. Keep trying

[Iman_D80]

Thanks for the replies!
windrider86, yes it was hand held. At a shutter speed of 1/640 sec it shouldn't be any problem hand holding the camera and stopping fast actions. No?
I will give it another go with higher aperature value. Thanks.

summerbreezing, I will try spot metering.

Cheers!