BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here

[ISv]

Thank you ISv.

Thanks for nothing! I'm thankful to you for sharing that photo!
And I'm pretty sure Alan means that that bird is so new for the forum it would be a good idea to post it also in "BIF" (otherwise as I know, he - like me, is not a fan of over-segmenting the existing topics)!

 

[ISv]

Today I was very surprised to see White-rumped Shama occupying a "bird motel"! I know and have seen them occupying cavities of trees...
Made a search on the Internet and AI returned this: "Hawaii Context: In regions where they have been introduced (such as the Hawaiian Islands), they frequently venture near residential areas, using man-made structures like hanging planters, discarded pipes, and helmets." Huh?!
Helmets?!! I really, really want to take a photo of such a case!!!
And Java sparrow.

 

[Helmi2010]

On June 24, I was at the Klingnau Reservoir looking for photo subjects.
I took the photos with an OM-1 MK II and the 150-400mm zoom lens plus a teleconverter.
Why not use my Canon? It’s simple: for one thing, I really don’t like zoom lenses that change their length when zooming; for another, the available RF telephoto zooms aren’t fast enough.
A 100-500mm f/4.5 or f/5 with a true internal zoom, or a 200-600mm f/5.6, also with an internal zoom—I could live with that.

Ardea cinerea am Klingnauer Stausee im Gegenlicht by Helmut Gloor, auf Flickr

 

[AlanF]

On June 24, I was at the Klingnau Reservoir looking for photo subjects.
I took the photos with an OM-1 MK II and the 150-400mm zoom lens plus a teleconverter.
Why not use my Canon? It’s simple: for one thing, I really don’t like zoom lenses that change their length when zooming; for another, the available RF telephoto zooms aren’t fast enough.
A 100-500mm f/4.5 or f/5 with a true internal zoom, or a 200-600mm f/5.6, also with an internal zoom—I could live with that.

Ardea cinerea am Klingnauer Stausee im Gegenlicht by Helmut Gloor, auf Flickr

Most of us here can do at least as well as that with a Canon zoom like the RF 100-500mm or RF 200-800mm, or even RF 100-400mm. A Grey Heron in flight is about the easiest flying bird to photo, and no way requires a £6,500 lens.
Also, a 150-400mm f/4.5 on a M4/3 is only as fast as a 300-800 f/9 on FF, putting on the same number of photons per duck at 400mm f/4.5 as an RF 200-800mm at f/9, with the same depth of field.

 

[AlanF]

On a walk this morning, I saw a Kestrel in the distance hover then dive, and I caught it as it flew off with a successful catch of what appears to be a vole (R5ii + RF 200-800mm).

 

[neuroanatomist]

Also, a 150-400mm f/4.5 on a M4/3 is only as fast as a 300-800 f/9 on FF, putting on the same number of photons per duck at 400mm f/4.5 as an RF 200-800mm at f/9, with the same depth of field.

Bubble popped. Math is useful that way.

 

[AlanF]

Barnswallow in full flight this morning. (R5ii + RF 200-800mm).