BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here
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One of our garden visitors recently. Red Kites come here every day. There were 4 on the lawn yesterday.
1DX with Sigma 150-600C
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canon1dxman said:One of our garden visitors recently. Red Kites come here every day. There were 4 on the lawn yesterday.
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you wouldn't happen to live just off the M40 would you? J5 region?
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Hi Steve.
Very nice, as I have said before, it takes skill just to keep up with these little fellows.
Cheers, Graham.
Very nice, as I have said before, it takes skill just to keep up with these little fellows.
Cheers, Graham.
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Jack wanted BIF taken with the 400mm DO II plus 2xTC III on the 5D IV. Yesterday, I stopped the car on a country road, set up for 800mm to take a photo of a bird on a pole, when I suddenly saw this female kestrel hover nearby. I took some shots but the lighting was poor. I had to push ev in post and lighten shadows quite a bit. The AF was good.
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Yellow billed kite, from the Ngorongoro crater.
These kites were very experienced food thiefs and lived well around the lunching station in the crater. I was standing outside the vehicle, eating a piece of chicken, when one of them came diving down and stole it right out of my hand. The guide said I was lucky, since it did not cut me with its very sharp claws
5DSR, 200-400 f4L IS 1.4x
These kites were very experienced food thiefs and lived well around the lunching station in the crater. I was standing outside the vehicle, eating a piece of chicken, when one of them came diving down and stole it right out of my hand. The guide said I was lucky, since it did not cut me with its very sharp claws
5DSR, 200-400 f4L IS 1.4x
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Eldar said:Yellow billed kite, from the Ngorongoro crater.
These kites were very experienced food thiefs and lived well around the lunching station in the crater. I was standing outside the vehicle, eating a piece of chicken, when one of them came diving down and stole it right out of my hand. The guide said I was lucky, since it did not cut me with its very sharp claws
5DSR, 200-400 f4L IS 1.4x
Nice picture.
I've seen film of those guys hunting in pairs - the first does a very close fly-by to spook the tourist and distract them, the second comes in close behind and steals the food. Smart.
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Hi Eldar.
What a fantastic story to take home, great photo, but I bet you remember the stolen chicken for longer.
Cheers, Graham.
What a fantastic story to take home, great photo, but I bet you remember the stolen chicken for longer.
Cheers, Graham.
Eldar said:Yellow billed kite, from the Ngorongoro crater.
These kites were very experienced food thiefs and lived well around the lunching station in the crater. I was standing outside the vehicle, eating a piece of chicken, when one of them came diving down and stole it right out of my hand. The guide said I was lucky, since it did not cut me with its very sharp claws
5DSR, 200-400 f4L IS 1.4x
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Yellow-rumped warbler, navigating through branches. AF servo was quite busy following it, the bird was surprisingly acrobatic.
Canon 7DMk2, 400 f5.6L + TC 1.4Mk2
ISO 640, 1/3200 s, -1 1/3 EV, f/10, [all set by error, did not hit C1, clicked C2, saved by PP]
Canon 7DMk2, 400 f5.6L + TC 1.4Mk2
ISO 640, 1/3200 s, -1 1/3 EV, f/10, [all set by error, did not hit C1, clicked C2, saved by PP]
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