BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here

[Joe Subolefsky]

Thank you Click !

 

[Jonathan Thill]

Light was rough but I like the shot

 

[YuengLinger]

Here's my first BiF photo posted here (I think), and one of the first ones I like from the Rf 100-500mm. This killdeer is one of a flock of a dozen or so that spends afternoons in a field near our home. They love to stay far away and usually fly just below tree-lines, but this one flew a little high and I was able to get a shot. I was only at 324mm because I needed a little extra field-of-view to keep it in my EVF.

 

[AlanF]

I thought I'd try the much lighter 100-500 with the 1.4x TC after yesterday's outing with the heavy 400/4 + 2xTC. Here's a Skylark at 700mm f/10. These birds are very small and a decent focal length is needed but 400/500mm is easier to handle.

 

[Jonathan Thill]

 

[AlanF]

Starling in flight - these guys are small and fast (R5 @ 560mm)

 

[Jonathan Thill]

Starling in flight - these guys are small and fast (R5 @ 560mm)

View attachment 195877

Tracking that could not have been easy

 

[bhf3737]

A Bald Eagle in flight on a cloudy day. Rather slow gliding, and light was not optimal so I could manage it with 1/500 shutter speed while keeping ISO down. (R5 + RF 800).

 

[Click]

Beautiful shot, bhf3737.

 

[Cog]

R5 + 100-400 II, crop, 25% of the original
338A2315 by Cog2012, on Flickr

 

[Click]

Very nice, Cog. Well done.

 

[Jonathan Thill]

 

[Maximilian]

My tracking is getting better. Managed to get that sequence of a heron (best 3 out of 8, all almost same sharpness).

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[dcm]

Trying out the R6 with 100-400l II and 1.4X III, but the only BIF today was the northern migration at higher altitudes. The locals were settled in on the pond so I did get some portraits.


One large bird did approach, just kidding. I post it because the R6 surprised me a bit. After drawing the focus around the entire "bird", the EyeAF kicked in and settled on the cockpit window. Which makes sense, I guess.

 

[Click]

Cool shot, dcm.

 

[AlanF]

It's cool to see where artists (possibly) get their inspiration...Here we have a Great Seuss Heron. View attachment 196164

Worth eating your words to get a shot like that with the 100-500mm!

 

[Click]

Very nice shot. Well done, YuengLinger.

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[Jonathan Thill]

Not the best quality as I am still messing around with what I can get away with in the Adobe Photoshop timeline

12FPS Mech

 

[AlanF]

One last shot with the RF 800mm - Shoveller taking off.

 

[Click]

Nice shot, Alan.