BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here

[foda]

I had to learn it too and had taken enough photos to do it unambiguously. That's the great thing about bird photography, we can study the photos at leisure. Using binoculars and telescopes you would need a photographic memory to learn afterwards.

I concur with your statement about the utility of photography. When birding, I try to shoot everything I see and sort it out later. I quite often end up amending my eBird list because I get a better identification with the photo than I did in the field.

 

[foda]

Marabou Stork seen while birding in Tanzania, August, 2025.

R5, RF200-800mm

 

[Click]

Very nice shot, Norman. More beautiful in flight than on the ground.

 

[foda]

Very nice shot, Norman. More beautiful in flight than on the ground.

That's for sure, especially with a full crop after eating at a kill!

 

[foda]

Red-winged Starlings seen while birding in Tanzania, August, 2025.

R5, RF200-800mm

 

[Click]

Cool formation. Very nice shot. Norman.

 

[foda]

Cool formation. Very nice shot. Norman.

Thanks. I like using zoom lenses so I can occasionally back out and get group photos like this.

 

[AlanF]

Thanks. I like using zoom lenses so I can occasionally back out and get group photos like this.

I'm a confirmed zoomer, OK, a wider prime can give a sharper image and better bokeh, but the versatility means more to me they way I shoot.

 

[foda]

African Spoonbill seen while birding in Tanzania, August, 2025.

R5, RF200-800mm

 

[Click]

Very nice timing. Nicely done, Norman.

 

[foda]

Plain Martin seen while birding in Tanzania, August, 2025.

R5MkII, RF100-500mm

 

[Click]

Very nice shot, Norman.

 

[foda]

Pied Crow seen while birding in Tanzania, August, 2025.

R5MkII, RF100-500mm

 

[Click]

Nicely done, Norman.

 

[foda]

Bateleur seen while birding in Tanzania, August, 2025.
Not the greatest of photos (shot at extreme distance during the heat of the day), but easily one of the most beautiful eagles.

R5, RF200-800mm

 

[Click]

I prefer the first one. Nicely done, Norman.

 

[AlanF]

Bateleur seen while birding in Tanzania, August, 2025.
Not the greatest of photos (shot at extreme distance during the heat of the day), but easily one of the most beautiful eagles.

R5, RF200-800mm

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I got a quite nice shot of one in Tanzania using the EF 400mm f/4 DO ii +2xTC + 5Div. I found that combo very good for BIF. (@Frodo might notice!)

 

[Click]

I really like the details on the right wing.

 

[foda]

I got a quite nice shot of one in Tanzania using the EF 400mm f/4 DO ii +2xTC + 5Div. I found that combo very good for BIF. (@Frodo might notice!)

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Spectacular! I never got close enough for a shot like this. Maybe next time.

 

[ISv]

I got a quite nice shot of one in Tanzania using the EF 400mm f/4 DO ii +2xTC + 5Div. I found that combo very good for BIF. (@Frodo might notice!)

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Beautiful bird! I just wonder how it fly with that short tail...