BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here

[PjaySmith32]

Thank you for your kind words...I don't know why I waited so long to join haha. Wonderful images being shared and great thread topic. Here are a couple more!

 

[2n10]

Thank you for your kind words...I don't know why I waited so long to join haha. Wonderful images being shared and great thread topic. Here are a couple more!

Great shots.

 

[diethe]

Kingfisher

 

[Click]

Kingfisher

Awesome. 8)


Welcome to CR

 

[Northstar]

Kingfisher

wow...that is a pretty cool shot! what were the circumstances?

 

[diethe]

Anser anser

 

[Click]

That's a very nice shot diethe.

 

[jyl8833]

RedTail with Dinner

Caught this hawk on the rise after seizing a gopher in the shadow of the GG Bridge while running toward the cliff with my 100-400mm cocked and fired multiple shots on my old 60D to catch this shot. Very exciting to successfully chase one down finally.


http://www.viewbug.com/photo/2408297

 

[steven kessel]

Great Blue Heron touchdown.

5Diii, 400 DO, ISO 320, "M" setting f7.1 @ 1/1600

 

[sandfish]

..unfortunately not the best image quality, but the catch might make it worth..
(Ireland, 5DMIII, with a cheap Sigma Zoom at 250mm)

 

[Click]

Welcome to CR sandfish

 

[AlanF]

Kingfisher diving and re-entry.

 

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Kingfisher diving and re-entry.

Nicely done. I really like the first one.

 

[applecider]

Oregon coast haystack rock end of April tufted puffin in flight. Had to approach at low tide early in day. Still highly cropped.
Ef 600 ii w 1.4 ex ii handheld not a technically great photo they are supposed to be there through May the little buggers nest in tunnels or cracks in the rock high up on the north side
https://www.flickr.com/photos/56580542@N05/14098398443/lightbox/

 

[Colonel H]

Out my front door in Idaho

 

[Dylan777]

Kingfisher diving and re-entry.

Nicely done. I really like the first one.

+1

 

[Skatol]

Focus could have been better, but I wasn't really equipped for birds.

5D3, 100/2.8 Macro, 1/8000s @ f/2.8

I have a new appreciation for hummingbird shots. Didn't realize just how small they are having not seen one in person before. Nicely done especially with a 100mm lens.

 

[Skatol]

Just caught this guy out of the corner of my eye. Wasn't prepared for BIF at that moment. Some motion blur but not too bad.
840mm, 5.6, 1/500, ISO 1250

 

[3kramd5]

Just caught this guy out of the corner of my eye. Wasn't prepared for BIF at that moment. Some motion blur but not too bad.
840mm, 5.6, 1/500, ISO 1250

Nice. Yah they're remarkable creatures. Perhaps because of my background (aerospace), I find their unique abilities (flying backwards or even inverted) fascinating.

 

[jrista]

Backlit Snowy Egret

I hadn't been out to Cherry Creek, my regular birding haunt, for months. I haven't really birded since last year...just been too cold until recently, and I've been so sick of cold. I missed part of the migration, but now the summer birds are arriving. That includes the egrets and the ibises. While photographing shorebirds, a few groups of both flew by, but sadly I was on the wrong side of the birds relative to the sun to get any good shots. This is the only one that came out decently well, although I quite like the backlit wings.

Snowy Egret
Cherry Creek State Park
Colorado

Canon EOS 7D
Canon EF 600mm f/4 L II
Handheld