BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here

[macrunning]

I think I've been getting lucky lately. Today's little female Rufous Hummingbird beauty. Shot with the Canon R5, RF 100-500 w/ 2xTC @ 1000mm 1/4000th, f/14 ISO 10000 using DxO PureRaw (DNG & DeepPrime settings).

 

[Click]

Beautiful shot. Well done, macrunning.

 

[macrunning]

Beautiful shot. Well done, macrunning.

Thank you

 

[Billybob]

I've been enjoying Macrunnings's hummingbird images. Here in Florida, we only get ruby-throated HBs, so I'm a little jealous of the variety of HBs seen in Washington. Nonetheless, the ruby-throated HBs are truly beautiful. I caught this juvenile male ruby-throated HB yesterday. In some of the shots you can see his developing iridescent red gorget on his throat. These were shot with the 100-500, 1/1600sec, ISO400, from 135-343mm. My wife's garden is something of a HB paradise. They really enjoy the aloe vera blooms.

A closeup.



The metallic green back is extremely striking. However, the delicate, subtle color and patterns on the front are truly sublime.








One last profile of this beauty in flight.

 

[Click]

Very nice series. I really like the last one. Well done.

 

[Billybob]

Very nice series. I really like the last one. Well done.

Thanks Click. The HB was extremely cooperative. It was hard to limit the selection to a manageable number of images. Since your post, in order to keep with the spirit of this forum, I deleted the two perched images and replaced them with BIF images.

 

[macrunning]

I've been enjoying Macrunnings's hummingbird images. Here in Florida, we only get ruby-throated HBs, so I'm a little jealous of the variety of HBs seen in Washington. Nonetheless, the ruby-throated HBs are truly beautiful. I caught this juvenile male ruby-throated HB yesterday. In some of the shots you can see his developing iridescent red gorget on his throat. These were shot with the 100-500, 1/1600sec, ISO400, from 135-343mm. View attachment 199303My wife's garden is something of a HB paradise. They really enjoy the aloe vera blooms.

View attachment 199304A closeup.



View attachment 199318The metallic green backs are extremely striking. However, the delicate, subtle color and patterns on the front are truly sublime.


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View attachment 199307One last profile of this beauty in flight.

Great closeups Billybob.

 

[Billybob]

Great closeups Billybob.

Thanks macrunning.

I had been experimenting with some success with the 70-200 for HB shots primarily because it's the longest lens I have with an f/2.8 aperture. However, the 100-500 still pulls out significantly more detail, and the noise cleans up nicely. Maybe if I win the lottery, I'll upgrade to a 400 f/2.8, but until then I'm happy with what I get from the 100-500.

 

[ISv]

A couple of my latest capture with the RF 100-500 & the 2xTC. First one is a female Rufous Hummingbird and the second image is a female Anna's Hummingbird.
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Your humming birds are getting better and better!

 

[ISv]

Few White-Terns. They are very curious towards dogs. I got (finally!) the opportunity to take photos when they fly/dive toward the dogs (today I was with a camera)!

 

[Click]

Beautiful series, ISv.

 

[ISv]

Beautiful series, ISv.

Actually I never fully understood what is the difference between your blue and yellow thumb up?!

 

[Click]

There is none. It only depends on which emoji I select to give a thumbs up.

There is no difference between and

either.

I really like your pictures. Keep posting.

Cheers!

 

[macrunning]

Your humming birds are getting better and better!

Thank you so much ISv

 

[macrunning]

Few White-Terns. They are very curious towards dogs. I got (finally!) the opportunity to take photos when they fly/dive toward the dogs (today I was with a camera)!

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Nice series. I really enjoy the wings on birds when they are in flight. Nice lighting too!

 

[bhf3737]

A belted kingfisher diving to fish.
R5+ RF800mm + TC 1.4X

 

[Click]

Great shot! Well done, bhf3737.

 

[Maximilian]

A belted kingfisher diving to fish.

Great shot! Well done, bhf3737.

Fully agree with Click.

Maybe just a bit too much sharpening visible in the bg.
If you see it in the full res pic, too, you could try to reduce it a little bit.

 

[bhf3737]

Fully agree with Click.

Maybe just a bit too much sharpening visible in the bg.
If you see it in the full res pic, too, you could try to reduce it a little bit.

Thanks both. I guess the look is because of noise level (ISO 10K at f/16) to freeze the motion. The Topaz DenoiseAI does sharpening and noise reduction together. I will play with reducing the sharpness level in it. Thanks again.

 

[Maximilian]

... the look is because of noise level (ISO 10K at f/16) to freeze the motion. ... I will play with reducing the sharpness level in it. Thanks again.

That was just my two cents without looking for the EXIF.
And just imagine what you can do today with ISO 10k
Still a really great picture.