BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here

[AlanF]

My first Skylark of the year and the first with the RF 100-400mm (on the R5). This was flying, not rising and hovering to sing. It is just 400 or 500 px long, at the limits of resolution. This little lens continues to amaze me - I wasn't doing any better with the 400mm DO II at this distance. @OskarB has shown what it can do for close ups.

 

[Nemorino]

Not really in flight, it's just a dive in the pond:

R5 and Sigma 70-200 2.8 with 1.4x TC@ Iso 1250, 1/2500s, f/4
The R5 is great but I need a better tele zoom!

 

[Click]

Nice gif. Well done, Nemorino.

 

[AlanF]

Not really in flight, it's just a dive in the pond:
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R5 and Sigma 70-200 2.8 with 1.4x TC@ Iso 1250, 1/2500s, f/4
The R5 is great but I need a better tele zoom!

The RF 100-400 is a steal.

 

[HenryL]

My friend at the state park this morning, it swooped down into the tall grass but came up empty handed. R5 + 100-500 + 2xTC. FWIW, today was my first time using the R5 with firmware 1.5.0. Eye tracking and focus in general are more R3-like just slower, and more importantly I didn't experience any AF problems with this big bird or the little goldfinches I saw earlier. YMMV.

 

[Click]

Great shots! Well done, Henry.

 

[AlanF]

Beautiful sun today. It makes so much difference with the sun behind and blue sky in front. Eurasian Starling, R5 + 100-500mm.

 

[Click]

Nicely done, Alan.

 

[HenryL]

Great shots! Well done, Henry.

Thank you, Click!

 

[OskarB]

Those are some of my BIF tries in Yucatan.
One question to the experts. Which max shutter speed do you use for BIF? Do you pan?
I usually use a max shutter speed of 1/1500, but often forget to switch to the correct mode to have it enabled.
So the royal tern was taken at a shutter speed of 1/640 and there is no blur.
All R5 + RF 100-400

 

[Click]

Beautiful series.

Well done, Oskar.

 

[AlanF]

Those are some of my BIF tries in Yucatan.
One question to the experts. Which max shutter speed do you use for BIF? Do you pan?
I usually use a max shutter speed of 1/1500, but often forget to switch to the correct mode to have it enabled.
So the royal tern was taken at a shutter speed of 1/640 and there is no blur.
All R5 + RF 100-400

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You were lucky with 1/640s. The faster the better for difficult BIF shots 1/3200-1/4000s. But, if the bird is moving in a simple straight line and it's not too fast and you can pan at the same speed, 1/1600 should be OK.

 

[OskarB]

Beautiful series.

Well done, Oskar.

Thank you, Click!

 

[OskarB]

You were lucky with 1/640s. The faster the better for difficult BIF shots 1/3200-1/4000s. But, if the bird is moving in a simple straight line and it's not too fast and you can pan at the same speed, 1/1600 should be OK.

Thanks for your advise, Alan!

 

[AlanF]

Lovely shots. Nicely done, Alan.

@Mrs Alan...Well done, very nice pictures.

Sorry Click, I posted in wrong thread. I deleted them and re-posted in Bird Portraits.

 

[Click]

No problem Alan.

 

[bhf3737]

I got an R3 for Christmas(!) and gave it a try, after several weeks of extreme cold weather.
R3 + RF 800mm.

 

[bhf3737]

Another one from a different angle (R3 + RF 800mm).

 

[AlanF]

Another one from a different angle (R3 + RF 800mm).
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Congratulations on the first BIF from an R3 on CR!

 

[Click]

I really like your shots. Well done, bhf3737