BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here

[ISv]

I was at the beach at around 8:30 am but the birds appeared later. Hot, muggy day. Distance ~75 meters. At such conditions every few meters are adding to the distortion...
Not as synchronized flyover as the Blue Angels do but still impressive .

 

[Click]

Very nice shots, ISv. I like them all

 

[Fbimages]

Here is a series of shots taken from a local meadow over a period of a few weeks! From barn owl (female and male) to kestrels. Hope to get some more in the coming weeks!

 

[Fbimages]

I was at the beach at around 8:30 am but the birds appeared later. Hot, muggy day. Distance ~75 meters. At such conditions every few meters are adding to the distortion...
Not as synchronized flyover as the Blue Angels do but still impressive .


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Nice to see happy Gannets! Avian flue has been devastating for some of the UK colonies

 

[Click]

Here is a series of shots taken from a local meadow over a period of a few weeks! From barn owl (female and male) to kestrels. Hope to get some more in the coming weeks!

Beautiful series. Great shots.

 

[ISv]

Nice to see happy Gannets! Avian flue has been devastating for some of the UK colonies

Gannets are closely related to Boobies but are not the same...
Here are few more Boobies from today: first one is for the drama - the ocean was angry (the ridge of the first wave is at ~75 meters, the bird is slightly behind and the islet behind is ~780 meters. I am at f11, prepared for groups of birds). Back at home my first action was to clean my equipment from the salt - very windy and every thing got cowered by thin layer of salt for no time)... after that shower and beer . I still try to get decent photos of the Brown Booby and eventually the more rare Masked Booby - still no success!

 

[Click]

Very nice pictures, ISv. I really like the first one, with the waves as background.

 

[Nemorino]

Today my first attempt to shoot swallows in flight.
R5 + 100-400 f/5.6-8
@ 1/8000, f/9, Iso1000

 

[becceric]

Which narrative shall I go with?
An Eastern Phoebe (I assume) in flight?
An Eastern Phoebe a little farther away from it's perch than I hoped?

Or a small bird that was luckily still in the frame while I was shooting?

 

[Cog]

 

[Click]

Another great shot. I really like your pictures. Well done, Cog.

 

[Cog]

Another great shot. I really like your pictures. Well done, Cog.

Thank you, Click!

 

[Cog]

Egyptian nightjar

 

[Maximilian]

[owl]

Egyptian nightjar

Both great posts, @Cog. Wonderful.

 

[Cog]

Both great posts, @Cog. Wonderful.

Thank you, Maximilian!

 

[Click]

Great shots, Cog. Very well done!

 

[Cog]

Greats shots, Cog. Very well done!

Thank you, Click!

 

[Cog]

 

[Click]

Another very nice shot with the focus right on the eye. Lovely bokeh. Well done, Cog.

 

[AlanF]

Have you selectively sharpened the eye - the feathers around it seem much sharper than the rest?