BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here

[20Dave]

Here are more Brants wintering along the RI coast.

Dave

 

[tushit]

My first attempt at photography...started a couple of months back...crimson sunbird feeding like a hummingbird. In two days, just saw them doing this once and unfortunately didn't get the focus right.

 

[rpt]

My first attempt at photography...started a couple of months back...crimson sunbird feeding like a hummingbird. In two days, just saw them doing this once and unfortunately didn't get the focus right.

I think that it is the shutter speed and not focus.

 

[Don Haines]

My first attempt at photography...started a couple of months back...crimson sunbird feeding like a hummingbird. In two days, just saw them doing this once and unfortunately didn't get the focus right.

I think that it is the shutter speed and not focus.

I was thinking it's a bit of both...

You really need high shutter speeds on tiny birds. Those wings move a lot faster than you think. I remember my first tries at BIF.... same problem.... I KNEW the shutter speed was fast enough, but the wings were blurred...

We learn by doing and asking... looking forward to your future work

 

[Dylan777]

Taken with my first DSLR...

Good timing gino

 

[tushit]

My first attempt at photography...started a couple of months back...crimson sunbird feeding like a hummingbird. In two days, just saw them doing this once and unfortunately didn't get the focus right.

I think that it is the shutter speed and not focus.

I was thinking it's a bit of both...

You really need high shutter speeds on tiny birds. Those wings move a lot faster than you think. I remember my first tries at BIF.... same problem.... I KNEW the shutter speed was fast enough, but the wings were blurred...

We learn by doing and asking... looking forward to your future work

Yup. Will try with faster shutter speeds...hoping to travel over the weekend to see if I can capture any birds.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Bill.
Lovely shot, is that female flared for landing, or just jumped in to the air? If she is landing, is she really landing on the HARD slippery ice rather than the water? I don't know if it is lack of practice, but when there is ice here the ducks all seem to spin out and crash as they attempt to land on it!

Cheers Graham.

OK, enough of these BIFs with green scenery

 

[Cog]

 

[intuition]

Feeding shrimp snacks to seagulls make them come pretty close....


P1000803 by intuition2, on Flickr

What aperture did you use for that?

f3.3

 

[Chiuonthat]

Here is mind! EOS 50D :-[, ISO 1250, 400mm, 1/800, f11 & 2nd pic: ISO 1250, 200mm, f11, 1/640

 

[Chiuonthat]

Here are a few more! They are all shot with 50D, 70-200 L.

 

[ERHP]

Somewhat overcast yesterday but I still wanted to get some shots with more action. A Northern Shoveler on takeoff.

 

[Click]

Somewhat overcast yesterday but I still wanted to get some shots with more action. A Northern Shoveler on takeoff.

Very dynamic picture. Well done ERHP.

 

[Nicolai.b]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3732/12321557194_f19d6a39fa_h.jpg

 

[Dylan777]

Somewhat overcast yesterday but I still wanted to get some shots with more action. A Northern Shoveler on takeoff.

Good timing ERHP , a lot of action there

 

[fishprof]

ERHP - I love the Shoveler shot. Great action, very nice detail.

Here's Black Skimmer in action taken a few weeks ago at St Marks NWR in FL. I have been "jonesing" for this shot for a long time. The skimming action was pretty far away and I didn't get many pixels on the bird with my lens (300 mm f/4 L with 1.4X TC III) so this has been cropped and processed a good bit. I probably could have used faster shutter speed but I think smooth panning was also part of my problem. BIF takes a lot of practice!

7D, 1/1250, f/8, ISO 400.

 

[IslanderMV]

This is a Herring Gull that just dove underwater to steal a tidbit from a Common Loon. ( still underwater ). I am not sure what the tidbit actually is.

100- 400mm

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi EHRP.
Very nice I'd say you succeeded with your main aim.

Cheers Graham.

Somewhat overcast yesterday but I still wanted to get some shots with more action. A Northern Shoveler on takeoff.

 

[jarrieta]

I am not sure what the tidbit actually is.

Nice shot. I think the tidbit is a crab.

 

[Oceo]

A couple of images from our Audubon "Great Backyard Bird Count".