BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here

[danfaz]

Beautiful shots, danfaz. You should crop closer to the bird in the 4th one to eliminate the mass at the bottom.


Well done, Sir!

Thank you, Click! Appreciate the feedback!

 

[foda]

Male Collared Inca seen while birding at Parque Nacional Natural Tatamá, Colombia, November, 2025.

R5MkII RF200-800mm

 

[Canon Rumors]

This was shot incorrectly, but I wanted to give ISO 25600 a shot at 1/64000 in a pretty dark scene. This should not have been F4 as the wings aren't in focus. Even with movement, the shutter speed should show more of a freeze. There's noise, but it's pretty well controlled and would work for a smaller print.

There is a crop (obviously for the square ratio). The vertical pixels came out at 3118 from 4000px.

Green-crowned Brilliant Hummingbird • Colombia

EOS R1 • RF 600 F4 L IS USM
1/64000 • F4.0 • ISO 25600​

 

[Click]

Norman and CR,

Great shots, guys.

 

[SteelLynx]

Picture quality is not that good here... but I was still happy to catch this one-eyed Kea in NZ.

 

[foda]

Norman and CR,

Great shots, guys.

Thanks. I shared it more to show some of the behavior of this species than to post a great photo (which it isn't). Collared Incas routinely back off after drinking from feeders, hover a bit, then flash their tails before departing. It's a good opportunity to get some in-flight photos away from the feeder itself. Here's another, more formal, portrait photo from the same encounter.

R5MkII RF200-800mm

 

[ThomasTH]

Great photo!

 

[Click]

I prefer the wing position on this one. Well done, Norman.

 

[antonn]

Accipiter nisus, R1/R1/R52 + RF600/4

 

[Click]

Beautiful series, antonn.

 

[HenryL]

Captured this shot of a double-crested cormorant as he "escaped" my lab who was rummaging through the brush at waters edge (no animals were harmed in the making of this photo )

R1 + RF 200-800 @ 570mm, 1/2500, F8, ISO 12800

 

[Click]

I really like this shot. Very dynamic with superb reflection. Well done.

 

[foda]

Male Purple-bibbed Whitetip seen while birding at the Avistamiento de Aves Doña Dora, Colombia, November, 2025.

R5MkII RF200-800mm

 

[foda]

Accipiter nisus, R1/R1/R52 + RF600/4

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Beautiful series of photos. Was this at a hide/feeding station?

 

[Click]

Male Purple-bibbed Whitetip seen while birding at the Avistamiento de Aves Doña Dora, Colombia, November, 2025.

R5MkII RF200-800mm

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Another excellent shot. Nicely done, Norman.

 

[ISv]

Accipiter nisus, R1/R1/R52 + RF600/4

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This was shot incorrectly, but I wanted to give ISO 25600 a shot at 1/64000 in a pretty dark scene. This should not have been F4 as the wings aren't in focus. Even with movement, the shutter speed should show more of a freeze. There's noise, but it's pretty well controlled and would work for a smaller print.

There is a crop (obviously for the square ratio). The vertical pixels came out at 3118 from 4000px.


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Green-crowned Brilliant Hummingbird • Colombia

EOS R1 • RF 600 F4 L IS USM
1/64000 • F4.0 • ISO 25600​

Why do you need the wings in focus?! That's not the action that you see! Some cliches are really kind of nonsense... (according to my understanding)! If you personally see that wings in real life "frozen" in the frame (in that case honestly I will ask myself if you are not a kind of superhuman) than you feel free to freeze the action as much as you want!

 

[ISv]

Accipiter nisus, R1/R1/R52 + RF600/4

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The last one is a great to my criteria, only that net is destructing the photo!!

 

[antonn]

Beautiful series of photos. Was this at a hide/feeding station?

Filmed from the approach, these birds are not suitable for ambushes.

The last one is a great to my criteria, only that net is destructing the photo!!

I'm not very good at Photoshop, so I can't change the background completely or partially. So I'm just waiting for the opportunity to take a different photo next time
Unfortunately, this pair of birds lives in a dense forest, and branches are constantly visible in the background

 

[SteelLynx]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with the background antonn. Beautiful pictures, you're lucky to have them there

 

[Click]

I really like your shots. Well done, antonn.