BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here

[AlanF]

Blacktailed Godwits this morning at Welney WWT. 5DIV + 800mm.

 

[AlanF]

And look who has come along for the ride.

 

[Click]

Nice pictures, Alan. I especially like the second one.

 

[Grant Atkinson]

Southern carmine bee-eater, Namibia. Photographed with the EF 400DO f4 IS ii and 1DX. Shutter speed 1/3200sec at f8, iso 1000. Plus 0.33 exp compensation. Handheld.

 

[Click]

Awesome. Great shot, Grant.

 

[rpt]

Awesome. Great shot, Grant.

+1

Fantastic shot!

 

[Grant Atkinson]

Awesome. Great shot, Grant.

+1

Fantastic shot!

Thanks Click and RPT
I usually get to spend time photographing carmines each season, especially when they are breeding, and it is always difficult due to their speed and somewhat erratic flight path. I typically prefer images of them set against the green or yellow vegetation as opposed to the sky which is easier to get. The light weight of the 400DO makes it easier to track than any other lenses i have used for them, and this is technically one of the best images i have managed. The image is cropped from 18 megapixels to 11 megapixels.

 

[GP.Masserano]

White stork & Black stork (EOS 7D II + 100-400MK2)

 

[Click]

Very nice series, GP.Masserano.

 

[Cog]

 

[Click]

Nice picture, Cog. That's a very low flying bird.

 

[Northbird]

7D MK II 600 F4


Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) by Tony Varela Photography, on Flickr

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Cog.
Very nice, it's wing tips must have been almost touching the water on the bottom of the stroke.

Cheers, Graham.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Tony.
Very nice, a portrait in flight.

Cheers, Graham.

7D MK II 600 F4

 

[Basil]

San Diego Dec 2015

 

[Jack Douglas]

San Diego Dec 2015

Nice, looks like he's levitating! Quite the background too.

Jack

 

[Ryananthony]

Today was the first day of sunshine in a while and there were a lot birds out. This Northern Harrier was one of many. The wind was very strong today, so one second the Northern Harrier would fill the frame, the next he was 100ft further away. Unfortunately the wind was going towards the sun which left the birds fighting the wind with their backs to the camera.

1dx, Sigma 150-600C
ISO 2500, 1/2000, f9

 

[ISO64]

Ryananthony, great shot! Northern harriers, as any other raptor, hunt flying into the wind. Gives them lower ground speed and grass bends into their line of vision. I remember seeing kestrel standing motionless over the ground for well over a minute, next to airport runway, just showing of for metal bird pilots

 

[Ryananthony]

Ryananthony, great shot! Northern harriers, as any other raptor, hunt flying into the wind. Gives them lower ground speed and grass bends into their line of vision. I remember seeing kestrel standing motionless over the ground for well over a minute, next to airport runway, just showing of for metal bird pilots

Thanks ISO64. Thats really neat about the grass bending into the line of sight of the raptors. I would have never guessed that was a thing.

 

[Mikehit]

First outing with the 400mm DO ii. THIS LENS IS FREAKIN' AWESOME!!

Kestrel shot with the lens on 7Dii with 1.4x tc mkii, cropped about 50% linear.