BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here

[KeithBreazeal]

Looking for Bald Eagles, getting Pelicans...

Eagle Tour Lake Camanche 2017 Bald Eagle Tour 1224 © Keith Breazeal by Keith Breazeal, on Flickr

 

[Click]

Nice shot, Keith.

 

[KeithBreazeal]

Nice shot, Keith.

Thanks Click

 

[bholliman]

Here's an in flight shot of a Great Egret over the Wabash River last September.
5DsR, 300 f/2.8 II with 2x extender, 1/1,250, f/6.3 ISO100.

 

[bholliman]

Looking for Bald Eagles, getting Pelicans...

Very nice shot Keith!

 

[ethanz]

1DXii - 70-200ii

 

[Cog]

At sunset:

 

[Cog]

 

[Click]

Beautiful pictures, Cog.

 

[Cog]

Beautiful pictures, Cog.

Thank you, Click!

 

[Ryananthony]

Red-Winged Blackbird

 

[Aussie shooter]

Few shots from a couple of days ago. Tern chasing bait and some bird of prey action. Gotta hand it to the Osprey. Balls of steel required to have a go at a sea eagle

 

[KeithBreazeal]

Man, there are so many awesome captures on this thread!
I wish I lived closer to opportunities to shoot- and something more that 300mm.

 

[Click]

Nice series, Aussie shooter.

 

[Aussie shooter]

Nice series, Aussie shooter.

Thanks Click. Pity the compositional aspect of the aerial battle wasn't better but nothing can be done about that

 

[Jack Douglas]

Man, there are so many awesome captures on this thread!
I wish I lived closer to opportunities to shoot- and something more that 300mm.

You do have the 2X extender for your 300??

Jack

 

[AlanF]

I am beginning to favour the 5DS R + 400mm DO II + 1.6xTC over the 5DIV + 2400mm DO II + 2xTC. I got some good shots of a male kestrel an hour or two ago with the 5DS R at 560mm. Overexposed by 1.33 stops, 1/1600s. f/5.6, iso 500. The difficulty with the shots of kestrels is to have the face without shadow, which is tricky. In good light, they always face away from the sun, and the body and wings shade the face. With these, I didn't have to play with any lifting of shadows. The processing was just 100% 0.9px USM for a tweak of sharpening.

 

[Jack Douglas]

I am beginning to favour the 5DS R + 400mm DO II + 1.6xTC over the 5DIV + 2400mm DO II + 2xTC. I got some good shots of a male kestrel an hour or two ago with the 5DS R at 560mm. Overexposed by 1.33 stops, 1/1600s. f/5.6, iso 500. The difficulty with the shots of kestrels is to have the face without shadow, which is tricky. In good light, they always face away from the sun, and the body and wings shade the face. With these, I didn't have to play with any lifting of shadows. The processing was just 100% 0.9px USM for a tweak of sharpening.

Very impressive. You must have been pretty excited posting this.

You got me thinking - Canon should make a X2.4 or whatever number it requires, for the 300 taking it to F8.

Jack

 

[AlanF]

Thanks Jack. I must admit to having been very excited to get the shot with no shadows on the face. The 1.4xTC on 50 Mpx has slightly less resolution than 800 on 5DIV. The extra stop at f/5.6 makes up for any extra noise for smaller pixels. The pluses for the 1.4xTC are that it has less image degradation than the 2xTC, slows down AF less on non-1D bodies (25% rather than 50%) and f/5.6 focusses better than f/8. If I had the 1DX I or II, I would stick with the 2xTC. When the 5DS R gets it right, it is stunning.

 

[lion rock]

In this thread, as well as the birds portraits thread, the photos posted are getting SO GOOD that anyone of them is good enough to be on the best magazines, or gracing a 4 feet wide print on any wall, be it at a home or a gallery!
Keep sending these in!
-r